Human health risk assessment of synthetic turf fields based upon investigation of five fields in connecticut

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A: Current Issues

Volumn 74, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 1150-1174

  Ginsberg, Gary ^a   Toal, Brian ^a   Simcox, Nancy ^b   Bracker, Anne ^c   Golembiewski, Brian ^d   Kurland, Tara ^e   Hedman, Curtis ^f  

^a CDC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^c Connecticut OSHA ^*  (United States)

^d Leaking Underground Storage Tank Program   (United States)

^e CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f WISCONSIN STATE LABORATORY OF HYGIENE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 BUTANONE; 4 METHYL 2 PENTANONE; ACENAPHTHENE DERIVATIVE; ACENAPHTHYLENE; ACETONE; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZO[B]FLUORANTHENE; BENZO[E]PYRENE; BENZO[GHI]PERYLENE; BENZO[K]FLUORANTHENE; BENZOTHIAZOLE; BUTYLCRESOL; CARBON DISULFIDE; CHRYSENE; CYCLOHEXANE; DICHLOROMETHANE; FLUORANTHENE; HEPTANE; HEXANE; LEAD; METHYL CHLORIDE; NITROSAMINE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; RUBBER; SEMIVOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; STYRENE; TOLUENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; XYLENE;

AIR; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; OUTDOOR AIR; PARTICULATE MATTER; PLAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; SPORT; SUMMER; SYNTHETIC TURF FIELD; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ATHLETES; BENZOTHIAZOLES; CARCINOGENS, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHILD; CONNECTICUT; ELASTOMERS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; PUBLIC FACILITIES; RECYCLING; RESPIRATORY RATE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SPORTS EQUIPMENT;

EID: 79961038040     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287394.2011.586942     Document Type: Article

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