A meta-analysis of children's object-to-mouth frequency data for estimating non-dietary ingestion exposure

Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 536-545

  Xue, Jianping ^a   Zartarian, Valerie ^a   Tulve, Nicolle ^a   Moya, Jacqueline ^a   Freeman, Natalie ^b   Auyeung, Willa ^c   Beamer, Paloma ^d  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Stanford University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

children's exposure; hand to mouth frequency; indirect ingestion; non dietary ingestion; object to mouth frequency

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; MOUTH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MOUTH; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 79551514539     PISSN: 15590631     EISSN: 1559064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jes.2009.42     Document Type: Article

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