The relation between subjective dust exposure estimates and quantitative dust exposure measurements in california agriculture

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 355-363

  Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J ^a,c   Noderer, Kyle S ^b   Schenker, Marc B ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ICCET   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agricultural dust; Data agreement; Exposure estimation; Occupational health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAIN DUST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; UNITED STATES;

AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CALIFORNIA; COHORT STUDIES; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0030755676     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199710)32:4<355::AID-AJIM6>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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