Predicting benzene vapor concentrations with a near field/far field model

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 599-608

  Nicas, Mark ^a   Neuhaus, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Benzene vapor exposure; Exposure prediction; Near field far field model

Indexed keywords

BENZENE;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; HUMAN; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BAYES THEOREM; BENZENE; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 49649089995     PISSN: 15459624     EISSN: 15459632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15459620802282375     Document Type: Article

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