Predicting residential exposure to phthalate plasticizer emitted from vinyl flooring: Sensitivity, uncertainty, and implications for biomonitoring

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 253-258

  Xu, Ying ^a   Cohen Hubal, Elaine A ^b   Little, John C ^c  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Exposure; Modeling; Phthalates; Plasticizers; Semivolatile organic compounds; Sensitivity; SVOCs; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; PLASTICIZER; VINYL DERIVATIVE;

AIR; AIR CONDITIONING; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST; EXPOSURE; INHALATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SKIN ABSORPTION; STEADY STATE; SURFACE PROPERTY;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; DIETHYLHEXYL PHTHALATE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLOORS AND FLOORCOVERINGS; HOUSING; HUMANS; PHTHALIC ACIDS; PLASTICIZERS; UNCERTAINTY; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 77149132735     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.0900559     Document Type: Article

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