Advances in exposure and toxicity assessment of particulate matter: An overview of presentations at the 2009 Toxicology and Risk Assessment Conference

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 254, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 141-144

  Gunasekar, Palur G ^a   Stanek, Lindsay W ^b  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol collection; Epidemiology; Health effect; Middle East dust; Particulate matter; Tungsten alloys

Indexed keywords

TUNGSTEN;

AEROSOL; AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EXPOSURE; GEOLOGY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; IRAQ; PARTICULATE MATTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY; TOXICOLOGY;

AEROSOLS; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; AIR POLLUTANTS; ANIMALS; CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; DUST; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICOLOGY;

EID: 79959981149     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: 10960333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2010.10.020     Document Type: Article

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