Characterizing relationships between personal exposures to VOCs and socioeconomic, demographic, behavioral variables

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 2296-2302

  Wang, Sheng Wei ^a   Majeed, Mohammed A ^a,b   Chu, Pei Ling ^c   Lin, Hui Chih ^d  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control ^*  (United States)

^c NOVO NORDISK INC   (United States)

^d OVERSEAS CHINESE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

NHANES; Personal exposures; Socio demographic factors; Time activity patterns; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

AIR FRESHENERS; AIR POLLUTANTS; CHLORINATED COMPOUNDS; CLASSIFICATION AND REGRESSION TREES; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DICHLOROBENZENE; EFFECTIVE TOOLS; EXPOSURE FACTORS; EXPOSURE SOURCES; HOUSING CHARACTERISTICS; NHANES; O XYLENES; P XYLENES; PERSONAL EXPOSURES; RELATED PRODUCTS; SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; STATISTICAL APPROACHES; TETRACHLOROETHENE; TIME SPENT; TIME-ACTIVITY PATTERNS; TRAFFIC-RELATED;

AIR CLEANERS; AIR POLLUTION; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BENZENE; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ETHYLBENZENE; EXPOSURE CONTROLS; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

1,4 DICHLOROBENZENE; CHLOROFORM; ETHYLBENZENE; FUEL; ORTHO XYLENE; SOLVENT; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BOOTSTRAPPING; BTEX; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNICITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNICITY; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LIFESTYLE; MALE; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN AREA;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 63349099725     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.01.032     Document Type: Article

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