Tracking personal exposure to particulate diesel exhaust in a diesel freight terminal using organic tracer analysis

Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 172-186

  Sheesley, Rebecca J ^a   Schauer, James J ^a,b   Garshick, Eric ^c,d   Laden, Francine ^d,e   Smith, Thomas J ^e   Blicharz, Andrew P ^e   Deminter, Jeffrey T ^b  

^a Wisconsin Electric Machines and Power Electronics Consortium   (United States)

^b WISCONSIN STATE LABORATORY OF HYGIENE   (United States)

^c VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Particulate matter; Personal exposure; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CARBON; CITIES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; MISSOURI; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; VEHICLE EMISSIONS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 58449092853     PISSN: 15590631     EISSN: 1559064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jes.2008.11     Document Type: Article

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