A comparative analysis of modeled and monitored ambient hazardous air pollutants in Texas: A novel approach using concordance correlation

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1278-1286

  Lupo, Philip J ^a   Symanski, Elaine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; CORRELATION METHODS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; FORMAL METHODS; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; HAZARDS; POPULATION STATISTICS; SURVEYS;

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS; SAMPLING STRATEGIES; STATISTICAL INFERENCE; TRADITIONAL APPROACHES; U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;

POLLUTION DETECTION;

1,1,1 TRICHLOROETHANE; 1,1,2 TRICHLOROETHANE; 1,2 DIBROMOETHANE; 1,2 DICHLOROETHANE; 1,3 BUTADIENE; ACETALDEHYDE; BENZENE; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CHLOROBENZENE; CHLOROFORM; DICHLOROMETHANE; ETHYLBENZENE; FORMALDEHYDE; HEXANE; METHYL BROMIDE; PROPIONALDEHYDE; STYRENE; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TOLUENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; VINYL CHLORIDE; VINYLIDENE CHLORIDE; XYLENE; BENZENE DERIVATIVE;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; AIR QUALITY STANDARD; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXPOSURE VARIABLE; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; DANGEROUS GOODS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BENZENE; BENZENE DERIVATIVES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; TEXAS; TOLUENE; XYLENES;

EID: 73349127826     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: 21622906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3155/1047-3289.59.11.1278     Document Type: Article

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