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American Petroleum Institute, 1994 , Odor threshold studies performed with gasoline and gasoline combined with MTBE, ETBE and TAME: Washington D.C., Health and Environmental Sciences, API Publication No. 4592, 74 p.

American Petroleum Institute, 1993 , Odor threshold studies performed with tertiary amyl methyl ether (TAME): Health and Environmental Sciences Department, American Petroleum Institute API Publication Number 4591.

Angle, C.R., 1991 , If the tap water smells foul, think MTBE: Journal of the American Medical Association, v. 266, no. 21, p. 2965-2966.

Cain, W.S., Leaderer, B.P., Ginsberg, G.L., Andrews, L.S., Cometto-Muniz, J.E., Gent, J.F., Buck, Marion, Berglund, L.G., Mohsenin, Vahid, Monahan, Edward, and Kjaergaard, Soren, 1996 , Acute exposure to low-level methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE)--Human reactions and pharmacokinetic response: Inhalation Toxicology, v. 8, no. 1, p. 21-48.

Gilbert, C.E., and Calabrese, E.J., 1992 , Developing a standard for methyl tertiary butyl ether in drinking water, in Gilbert, C.E. and Calabrese, E.J., eds., Regulating drinking water quality: Ann Arbor, Mich., Lewis Publishers, Inc., p. 231-252.

Klan, M.J., and Carpenter, M.J., 1994 , A risk-based drinking water concentration for methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE), in Stanley, Anita, ed., Petroleum Hydrocarbons and Organic Chemicals in Ground Water--Prevention, Detection, and Remediation Conference, Houston, Tex., November 2-4, 1994: Houston, Tex., National Ground Water Association and American Petroleum Institute, p. 107-115.

Lawuyi, Richard, and Fingas, Merv, 1997 , Environmental impact of methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE), in Technical Seminar of Chemical Spills, 14th, [Proceedings]: Ottawa, Ontario, Environment Canada, p. 127-141.

Mohr, S.N., Fiedler, Nancy, Weisel, Clifford, and Kelly-McNeil, Kathie, 1994 , Health effects of MTBE among New Jersey garage workers: Inhalation Toxicology, v. 6, no. 6, p. 553-562.

Oxygenated Fuels Association, 1998 , Taste and odor properties of methyl tertiary-butyl ether and implications for setting secondary maximum contaminant level: Arlington, Va., Oxygenated Fuels Association, 46 p.

Oxygenated Fuels Association, 1995 , MTBE in ground water--Fact sheet for local health and water authorities: Oxygenated Fuels Association, 7 p.

Prah, J.D., Goldstein, G.M., Devlin, R., Otto, D., Ashley, D., House, D., Cohen, K.L., and Gerrity, T., 1994 , Sensory, symptomatic, inflammatory, and ocular responses to and the metabolism of methyl tertiary butyl ether in a controlled human exposure experiment: Inhalation Toxicology, v. 6, no. 6, p. 521-538.

Rathbun, R.E., 1998 , Transport, behavior, and fate of volatile organic compounds in streams: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1589, 151 p.

Shen, Y.F., Yoo, L.J., Fitzsimmons, S.R., and Yamamoto, M.K., 1997 , Threshold odor concentrations of MTBE and other fuel oxygenates, in American Chemical Society Division of Environmental Chemistry preprints of papers, 213th, San Francisco, Calif.: ACS, v. 37, no. 1, p. 407-409.

Smith, S.L., and Duffy, L.K., 1995 , Odor and health complaints with Alaskan gasolines: Chemical Health & Safety, v. 2, no. 3, p. 32-38.

Stocking, A.J., Suffet, I.H., McGuire, M.J., and Kavanaugh, M.C., 2001 , Implications of an MTBE odor study for setting drinking water standards: Journal American Water Works Association, v. 93, no. 3, p. 95-105.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1998 , Oxygenates in Water--Critical information and research needs: Washington, D.C., Office of Research and Development, EPA-600-R-98/048, 65 p.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1993 a, Assessment of potential health risks of gasoline oxygenated with methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE): Washington, D.C., Office of Research and Development, EPA/600/R-93/206, 50 p.

Zhao, Xiaohong, Smith, S.L., and Duffy, L.K., 1995 , Effects of ethanol as an additive on odor detection thresholds of Alaskan gasolines at sub-arctic temperatures: Chemosphere, v. 31, no. 11/12, p. 4531-4540.

Zogorski, J.S., Morduchowitz, A.M., Baehr, A.L, Bauman, B.J., Conrad, D.L., Drew, R.T., Korte, N.E., Lapham, W.W., Pankow, J.F., and Washington, E.R., 1996 , Fuel oxygenates and water quality--Current understanding of sources, occurrence in natural waters, environmental behavior, fate, and significance--Final Report: Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President, 37 p. with attachments. [Also published by National Science and Technology Council, 1997, Interagency assessment of oxygenated fuels, Chap. 2, Fuel oxygenates and water quality: Washington, DC, Office of Science and Technology Policy, The Exectutive Office of the President, p. 2-1--2-80.]

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