The variability of exposure over time: A prospective longitudinal study

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 485-500

  Peretz, C ^a   Goldberg, P ^a   Kahan, E ^a,b   Grady, S ^a   Goren, A ^b  

^a Institute of Occupational Health   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; BENZENE; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DUST; LEAD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RANDOM PROCESSES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

GEOMETRICAL STANDARD DEVIATION (GSD); PERSONAL AIR MEASUREMENTS;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

BENZENE; COAL; LEAD;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; ELASTICITY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VARIANCE;

AIR POLLUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BREATH TESTS; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031214458     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4878(97)00008-2     Document Type: Article

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