Dermal uptake of organic vapors commonly found in indoor air

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 1230-1237

  Weschler, Charles J ^a,b   Nazaroff, William W ^c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c 109 McLaughlin Hall   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS; CHLORINATED SOLVENT; EXPERIMENTAL VERIFICATION; HUMAN EXPOSURES; MODEL PREDICTION; POTENTIAL HEALTH; SEMI-VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS (SVOCS); TRANSDERMAL ABSORPTIONS;

ETHYLENE GLYCOL; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; VAPORS;

AIR INTAKES;

4 HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID ESTER; ACROLEIN; ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON; AROMATIC COMPOUND; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; FORMALDEHYDE; HYDROXYBIPHENYL; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PHTHALIC ACID; SOLVENT; TERPENE; TERPINEOL; AIR POLLUTANT;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; INDOOR AIR; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATION; SKIN; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ABSORPTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CUTANEOUS PARAMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GAS; HEALTH HAZARD; INHALATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLLUTANT; TRANSDERMAL UPTAKE; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; DERMIS; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; METABOLISM; PERMEABILITY; VOLATILIZATION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; DERMIS; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PERMEABILITY; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 84892703794     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es405490a     Document Type: Article

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