Identifying an indoor air exposure limit for formaldehyde considering both irritation and cancer hazards

Critical Reviews in Toxicology

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 672-721

  Golden, Robert ^a  

^a ToxLogic LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Formaldehyde; Indoor air, leukemia; Mode of action; Nasopharyngeal cancer; Risk assessment; Sensory irritation

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE;

AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; BLOOD TOXICITY; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENICITY; EXPOSURE; EYE IRRITATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INHALATION; LEUKEMIA; MUTAGENICITY; NASOPHARYNX CANCER; NONHUMAN; REVIEW;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; IRRITANTS; LEUKEMIA; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 79961220608     PISSN: 10408444     EISSN: 15476898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10408444.2011.573467     Document Type: Review

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