Determinants of personal, indoor and outdoor VOC concentrations: An analysis of the RIOPA data

Environmental Research

Volumn 126, Issue , 2013, Pages 192-203

  Su, Feng Chiao ^a   Mukherjee, Bhramar ^a   Batterman, Stuart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Determinant; Exposure; Indoor air; Time activity; Volatile organic compounds (VOCs)

Indexed keywords

1,4 DICHLOROBENZENE; BENZENE; CHLOROFORM; DEODORANT AGENT; GASOLINE; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TOBACCO SMOKE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR; CHLOROFORM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; EXCHANGE RATE; INDOOR AIR; METEOROLOGY; SMOKE; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TOBACCO; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WIND VELOCITY;

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CLEANING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FIELD EMISSION; GAS; HOUSEHOLD; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LITERATURE; METEOROLOGY; NEIGHBORHOOD; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASON; SMOKING; SOCIAL ASPECT; VELOCITY; WATER SUPPLY; WIND;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

DETERMINANT; EXPOSURE; INDOOR AIR; TIME ACTIVITY; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS (VOCS);

AIR POLLUTANTS; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; ODORS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WEATHER;

EID: 84885840768     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2013.08.005     Document Type: Article

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