Volatile organic compounds in the air of neonatal incubators

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 521-522

  Brion, Luc P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 HEPTANONE; N BUTYL ACETATE; PHTHALIC ACID; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR POLLUTION; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; AMBIENT AIR; CRYPTORCHISM; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EYE IRRITATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; HYPOSPADIAS; INCUBATOR; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEUROTOXICITY; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SEDATION; TESTIS DISEASE; TOXICITY TESTING;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; HUMANS; INCUBATORS, INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PLASTICS; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 48749120935     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jp.2008.91     Document Type: Editorial

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