Trends of VOC exposures among a nationally representative sample: Analysis of the NHANES 1988 through 2004 data sets

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 28, 2011, Pages 4858-4867

  Su, Feng Chiao ^a   Mukherjee, Bhramar ^a   Batterman, Stuart ^a  

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

Author keywords

Air sampling; Blood; Exposure; NHANES; Quantile regression; Trends; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

AIR SAMPLING; EXPOSURE; NHANES; QUANTILE REGRESSION; TRENDS;

BENZENE; BLOOD; ETHYLBENZENE; STYRENE; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; XYLENE;

INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS;

1,4 DICHLOROBENZENE; BENZENE; BROMODICHLOROMETHANE; BROMOFORM; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CHLOROFORM; DIBROMOCHLOROMETHANE; ETHYLBENZENE; META XYLENE; ORTHO XYLENE; PARA XYLENE; STYRENE; TERT BUTYL METHYL ETHER; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TOLUENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ADULT; AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; BENZENE; BLOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA SET; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SURVEY; INDOOR AIR; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TOLUENE; TREND ANALYSIS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; XYLENE;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLASMA CLEARANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960608817     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.06.016     Document Type: Article

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