BTEX exposures among automobile mechanics and painters and their associated health risks

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 301-316

  Badjagbo, Koffi ^a,b   Loranger, Sylvain ^c   Moore, Serge ^d   Tardif, Robert ^a   Sauvé, Sébastien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Phytronix Technologies Inc   (Canada)

^c QSAR Risk Assessment Service   (Canada)

^d Centre d'Expertise en Analyse Environnementale du   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ambient air; BTEX; Direct sampling mass spectrometry; Health risk assessment; Occupational exposure; Volatile organic compound

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950992331     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: 15497860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807031003670071     Document Type: Article

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