Modeling and analysis of personal exposures to VOC mixtures using copulas

Environment International

Volumn 63, Issue , 2014, Pages 236-245

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

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

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Copula; Cumulative effects; Exposure determinants; Mixture; RIOPA; VOC

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASES; DISINFECTION; EXPOSURE CONTROLS; HEALTH RISKS; RISK PERCEPTION; VAPORS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

COPULA; CUMULATIVE EFFECTS; DISINFECTION BY-PRODUCT; EXPOSURE DETERMINANTS; HIGH DEGREE OF ACCURACY; LOG-NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; POSITIVE MATRIX FACTORIZATION; RIOPA;

MIXTURES;

GASOLINE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

HEALTH RISK; MODELING; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHILD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ETHNICITY; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; KIDNEY TUMOR; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; VAPOR;

COPULA; CUMULATIVE EFFECTS; EXPOSURE DETERMINANTS; MIXTURE; RIOPA; VOC;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; COMPLEX MIXTURES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890403463     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2013.11.004     Document Type: Article

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