Health Risk Assessment of Petrol Station Workers in the Inner City of Bangkok, Thailand, to the Exposure to BTEX and Carbonyl Compounds by Inhalation

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1424-1439

  Kitwattanavong, Mingkwan ^a   Prueksasit, Tassanee ^a   Morknoy, Daisy ^b   Tunsaringkarn, Tanasorn ^a   Siriwong, Wattasit ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Environmental Research and Training Center   (Thailand)

Author keywords

BTEX; carbonyl compounds; inhalation exposure; petrol station workers; risk assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880400610     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: 15497860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807039.2012.685814     Document Type: Article

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