Personal exposure to volatile organic compounds in the Czech Republic

Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 455-460

  Svecova, Vlasta ^a   Topinka, Jan ^a   Solansky, Ivo ^a   Sram, Radim J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

air pollution; benzene; personal exposure; personal monitoring; time activity; VOCs

Indexed keywords

2 XYLENE; 2-XYLENE; 3 XYLENE; 3-XYLENE; 4-XYLENE; BENZENE; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; ETHYLBENZENE; PARA XYLENE; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; XYLENE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CZECH REPUBLIC; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; MALE; SEASON; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; BENZENE; BENZENE DERIVATIVES; CZECH REPUBLIC; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; MALE; SEASONS; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; XYLENES;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 84865544388     PISSN: 15590631     EISSN: 1559064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jes.2012.30     Document Type: Article

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