Automobile proximity and indoor residential concentrations of BTEX and MTBE

Building and Environment

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 45-53

  Hun, Diana E ^a   Corsi, Richard L ^b   Morandi, Maria T ^c   Siegel, Jeffrey A ^b  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Attached garages; Benzene; Exposure; Gasoline; RIOPA

Indexed keywords

ATTACHED GARAGES; CAR EXHAUSTS; CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE; EXPOSURE; GASOLINE VAPORS; HEAVY TRAFFICS; INDOOR CONCENTRATION; LIVING AREA; LOW VENTILATION; MTBE CONCENTRATION; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; RELATED COMPOUNDS; RIOPA; SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED; TAILPIPE EMISSION;

AIR QUALITY; BENZENE; BUILDINGS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GASOLINE; VAPORS;

GARAGES (PARKING);

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; AUTOMOBILE; BTEX; INDOOR AIR; MTBE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

EID: 77956226358     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2010.06.015     Document Type: Article

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