A lognormal distribution-based exposure assessment method for unbalanced data

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 63-76

  Lyles, Robert H ^a   Kuppert, Lawrence L ^b   Rappaport, Stephen M ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; PERSONNEL; PROBABILITY; RANDOM PROCESSES; STATISTICAL METHODS;

OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; UNBALANCED DATA;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METALLURGY; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NICKEL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES;

EID: 0031049516     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4878(96)00020-8     Document Type: Article

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