Determinants of indoor benzene in Europe

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 41, Issue 39, 2007, Pages 9128-9135

  Lai, H K ^a,b   Jantunen, M J ^c   Kunzli N ^d,e   Kulinskaya, E ^a   Colvile, R ^a   Nieuwenhuijsen, M J ^a,d  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c KTL Environmental Health   (Finland)

^d INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^e INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Benzene; Indoor air; Leukaemia; Non linearity; Smoking

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; HEALTH RISKS; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK PERCEPTION; WIND;

BENZENE CONCENTRATION; INDOOR AIR; INDOOR CONCENTRATION; LEUKAEMIA; NON-LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; NON-LINEARITY; OUTDOOR MEASUREMENTS; SMOKING;

BENZENE;

BENZENE;

AIR QUALITY; BENZENE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESTIMATION METHOD; INDOOR AIR; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NONLINEARITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING;

AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CZECH REPUBLIC; EUROPE; FINLAND; GREECE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; ITALY; MEASUREMENT; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SWITZERLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 56449083510     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2007.08.001     Document Type: Article

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