Health risk assessment of exposure to selected volatile organic compounds emitted from an integrated iron and steel plant

Inhalation Toxicology

Volumn 22, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2010, Pages 117-125

  Chang, E E ^a   Wei Chi, Wang ^b   Li Xuan, Zeng ^b   Hung Lung, Chiang ^b  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Health risk; Integrated iron and steel plant; Volatile organic compound (VOC)

Indexed keywords

1,1,1 TRICHLOROETHANE; 1,2,4 TRIMETHYLBENZENE; 1,3,5 TRIMETHYLBENZENE; 1,4 DICHLOROBENZENE; BENZENE; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CHLOROBENZENE; CYCLOHEXANE; ETHYLBENZENE; HEXANE; META XYLENE; METHYLCYCLOHEXANE; ORTHO XYLENE; PARA XYLENE; STYRENE; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TOLUENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; WORKPLACE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BENZENE DERIVATIVES; CHLOROBENZENES; CYCLOHEXANES; HEXANES; HUMANS; METALLURGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STEEL; TOLUENE; TRICHLOROETHANES; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; VOLATILIZATION; XYLENES;

EID: 78650225911     PISSN: 08958378     EISSN: 10917691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08958378.2010.507636     Document Type: Article

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