Formaldehyde personal exposure measurements and time weighted exposure estimates in children

Chemosphere

Volumn 88, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 966-973

  Lazenby, Victoria ^a   Hinwood, Andrea ^a   Callan, Anna ^a   Franklin, Peter ^b  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Formaldehyde; Indoor; Microenvironmental; Personal exposure; Time weighted estimates

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; EXPOSURE CONTROLS; FORMALDEHYDE;

FORMALDEHYDE CONCENTRATIONS; INDOOR; INDOOR AIR CONCENTRATION; INDOOR CONCENTRATION; MICROENVIRONMENTAL; PERSONAL EXPOSURES; PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN; TIME WEIGHTED ESTIMATES;

INDOOR AIR POLLUTION;

FORMALDEHYDE;

CHILD HEALTH; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FORMALDEHYDE; INDOOR AIR; LIFESTYLE; MICROCLIMATE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PRIMARY EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; RESPIRATORY DISEASE;

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MICROENVIRONMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 84861957734     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.03.029     Document Type: Article

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