Extreme value analyses of VOC exposures and risks: A comparison of RIOPA and NHANES datasets

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 62, Issue , 2012, Pages 97-106

  Su, Feng Chiao ^a   Jia, Chunrong ^b   Batterman, Stuart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Exposure; Extreme value analysis; RIOPA; Risk; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

1 ,4-DICHLOROBENZENE; ACCURATE MODELING; BEST FIT; DATA SETS; EXPOSURE; EXTREME VALUE ANALYSIS; EXTREME VALUE DISTRIBUTIONS; EXTREME VALUE THEORY; GENERALIZED EXTREME VALUE; GEV DISTRIBUTIONS; GOODNESS OF FIT; GUMBEL DISTRIBUTION; LOG-NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; METHYL TERTIARY BUTYL ETHER; PEAK EXPOSURE; RIOPA; RISK LEVELS; SAMPLING DESIGN; SAMPLING METHOD; SIMULATED DATA;

ETHERS; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PRODUCT DESIGN; RISKS; VALUE ENGINEERING; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WIND EFFECTS;

NORMAL DISTRIBUTION;

1,3 BUTADIENE; 1,4 DICHLOROBENZENE; BENZENE; BETA PINENE; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CHLOROFORM; CHLOROPRENE; DICHLOROMETHANE; ETHYLBENZENE; LIMONENE; ORTHO XYLENE; PARA XYLENE; PINENE; STYRENE; TERT BUTYL METHYL ETHER; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TOLUENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SURVEY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MALE; OCCUPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING;

EID: 84865825190     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.06.038     Document Type: Article

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