Model development and validation of personal exposure to volatile organic compound concentrations

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 117, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1571-1579

  Delgado Saborit, Juana Mari ^a   Aquilina, Noel J ^a   Meddings, Claire ^a   Baker, Stephen ^a   Harrison, Roy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

1,3 butadiene; Benzene; Microenvironment; Model; Personal exposure; Timeweighted model; Validation; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

SOLVENT; TOBACCO SMOKE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIFESTYLE; MICROENVIRONMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 70449565340     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.0900561     Document Type: Article

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