The use of multizone models to estimate an airborne chemical contaminant generation and decay profile: Occupational exposures of hairdressers to vinyl chloride in hairspray during the 1960s and 1970s

Risk Analysis

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1699-1725

  Sahmel, Jennifer ^a   Unice, Ken ^b   Scott, Paul ^b   Cowan, Dallas ^a   Paustenbach, Dennis ^a  

^a CARDNO CHEMRISK   (United States)

^b ChemRisk   (United States)

Author keywords

Airborne contaminants; Exposure modeling; Hairdresser; Three zone model; Two zone model; Vinyl chloride

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE CONTAMINANTS; EXPOSURE MODELING; TWO-ZONE MODEL; VINYL CHLORIDES; ZONE MODEL;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; IMPURITIES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

RISK PERCEPTION;

COSMETIC; HAIR SPRAY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VINYL CHLORIDE;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH RISK; INDOOR AIR; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; AMBIENT AIR; ANGIOSARCOMA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAIRDRESSER; HEPATIC ANGIOSARCOMA; HUMAN; LIVER CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESIDENTIAL AREA;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BEAUTY CULTURE; FEMALE; HAIR PREPARATIONS; HEMANGIOSARCOMA; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; VINYL CHLORIDE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 72249086765     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2009.01311.x     Document Type: Article

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