Impact of cigarette smoking on Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) blood levels in the U.S. Population: NHANES 2003-2004

Environment International

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1321-1328

  Chambers, David M ^a   Ocariz, Jessica M ^a   McGuirk, Maureen F ^a   Blount, Benjamin C ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Benzene, Toluene, Ethylbenzene, Xylene (BTEX); Blood; Cigarette smoke; National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES); Volatile organic compound (VOC)

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; ETHYLBENZENE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; NUTRITION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKE; STYRENE; SURVEYS; TOBACCO; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; XYLENE;

CENTRAL TENDENCIES; CIGARETTE SMOKES; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DOSE RESPONSE RELATIONSHIPS; MAINSTREAM CIGARETTE SMOKE; NATIONAL HEALTH AND NUTRITION EXAMINATION SURVEY (NHANES); RECEIVER OPERATOR CURVES; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND (VOC);

BLOOD;

1,4 DICHLOROBENZENE; 2,5 DIMETHYLFURAN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; COTININE; ETHYLBENZENE; FURAN DERIVATIVE; STYRENE; TOLUENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; XYLENE;

BLOOD; BTEX; MODELING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960895492     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2011.05.016     Document Type: Article

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