Application of the maximum cumulative ratio (MCR) as a screening tool for the evaluation of mixtures in residential indoor air

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 479-480, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 267-276

  De Brouwere, Katleen ^a   Cornelis, Christa ^a   Arvanitis, Athanasios ^b   Brown, Terry ^c   Crump, Derrick ^c   Harrison, Paul ^c   Jantunen, Matti ^d   Price, Paul ^e   Torfs, Rudi ^a  

^a FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Combined risk assessment; EXPOLIS; Multiple substances; Non cancer endpoints; OQAI; Screening tool

Indexed keywords

HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MIXTURES; TOXICITY;

EXPOLIS; MULTIPLE SUBSTANCES; NON-CANCER ENDPOINTS; OQAI; SCREENING TOOL;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

1,1,2 TRICHLOROETHANE; ACETIC ACID; ACROLEIN; ALDEHYDE; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BENZENE; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; ETHYLBENZENE; FORMALDEHYDE; META XYLENE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PARA XYLENE; TERPENE; TETRACHLOROETHANE; TOLUENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

HEALTH RISK; INDOOR AIR; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTION MONITORING; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY;

AIR POLLUTANT; AMBIENT AIR; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CHEMICAL REACTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INHALATION; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; MAXIMUM CUMULATIVE RATIO; MIXTURE TOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY;

EUROPE;

COMBINED RISK ASSESSMENT; EXPOLIS; MULTIPLE SUBSTANCES; NON-CANCER ENDPOINTS; OQAI; SCREENING TOOL;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HOUSING; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84896729026     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.01.083     Document Type: Article

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