Task-based exposure assessment: Analytical strategies for summarizing data by occupational groups

American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 402-412

  Smith, Robert W ^a   Sahl, Jack D ^b   Kelsh, Michael A ^a   Zalinski, James ^a  

^a EcoAnalysis   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Analysis; Exposure assessment; Jackknife; Task data; Weighting

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; HEALTH SURVEY; JOB ANALYSIS; JOB PERFORMANCE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0030970591     PISSN: 00028894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15428119791012630     Document Type: Article

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