Kriged and modeled ambient air levels of benzene in an urban environment: An exposure assessment study

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Whitworth, Kristina W ^a   Symanski, Elaine ^a   Lai, Dejian ^a   Coker, Ann L ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE;

ANNUAL REVIEW; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BENZENE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FUTURE PROSPECT; INTERPOLATION; KRIGING; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HEALTH HAZARD; KRIGING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; CHEMICAL MODEL; DANGEROUS GOODS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

HARRIS COUNTY [TEXAS]; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BENZENE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TEXAS;

EID: 79953086992     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-10-21     Document Type: Article

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