Health assessment of gasoline and fuel oxygenate vapors: Generation and characterization of test materials

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2014, Pages S13-S17

  Henley, Michael ^a   Letinski, Daniel J ^b   Carr, John ^a   Caro, Mario L ^a   Daughtrey, Wayne ^b   White, Russell ^c  

^a CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^c AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clean Air Act; Diisopropyl ether (DIPE); Ethanol (EtOH); Ethyl tert butyl ether (ETBE); Evaporative emissions; Fuels and fuel additives; Gasoline vapor condensates; Methyl tert butyl ether (MTBE); T Amyl methyl ether (TAME); T Butyl alcohol (TBA)

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DIISOPROPYL ETHER; ETHER; FUEL; FUEL OXYGEN VAPOR; GASOLINE; TERT BUTYL ALCOHOL; TERT BUTYL METHYL ETHER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AIR POLLUTANT;

ARTICLE; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL TOXICITY; DISTILLATION; GENOTOXICITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; IMMUNOTOXICITY; MATERIALS TESTING; NEUROTOXICITY; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; TOXICITY TESTING; VAPORIZATION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; GASOLINE; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;

EID: 84908270030     PISSN: 02732300     EISSN: 10960295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2014.05.012     Document Type: Article

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