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Estimating Risk from Ambient Concentrations of Acrolein across the United States
Author(s) -
Tracey J. Woodruff,
Ellen M. Wells,
Elizabeth W. Holt,
Deborah E. Burgin,
Daniel A. Axelrad
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
environmental health perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 282
eISSN - 1552-9924
pISSN - 0091-6765
DOI - 10.1289/ehp.9467
Subject(s) - percentile , population , acrolein , risk assessment , national health and nutrition examination survey , toxicology , environmental health , adverse effect , medicine , environmental science , chemistry , biology , statistics , mathematics , biochemistry , computer security , computer science , catalysis
Estimated ambient concentrations of acrolein, a hazardous air pollutant, are greater than the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reference concentration throughout the United States, making it a concern for human health. However, there is no method for assessing the extent of risk under the U.S. EPA noncancer risk assessment framework.

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