Distributions of personal VOC exposures: A population-based analysis

Environment International

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 922-931

  Jia, Chunrong ^a   D'Souza, Jennifer ^a   Batterman, Stuart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Benzene; Distribution; Exposure; Gumbel; Log normal; MTBE; Outliers; Personal; Risk; VOCs; Volatile organic compound

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; DISINFECTION; GASOLINE; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PARETO PRINCIPLE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISKS; STATISTICS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

DISTRIBUTION; EXPOSURE; GUMBEL; LOG-NORMAL; MTBE; OUTLIERS; PERSONAL;

POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

1,4 DICHLOROBENZENE; BENZENE; CHLOROFORM; DISINFECTANT AGENT; DOMESTIC CHEMICAL; ETHYLBENZENE; GASOLINE; TERT BUTYL METHYL ETHER; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TOLUENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; XYLENE;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SURVEY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PROBABILITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DATA ANALYSIS; EXHAUST GAS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAXIMUM GUMBEL DISTRIBUTION; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PARETO DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION EXPOSURE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 50349103502     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2008.02.002     Document Type: Article

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