Computational method for ranking task-specific exposures using multi-task time-weighted average samples

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 201-213

  Phillips, Margaret L ^a   Esmen, Nurtan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Prioritising control; Ranking exposures; Sampling strategy; Task specific exposures

Indexed keywords

JOB ANALYSIS; LINEAR EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; SAMPLING;

RANKING EXPOSURES; SAMPLING STRATEGY; TASK SPECIFIC EXPOSURES;

INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE;

ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; AVERAGING; HYGIENE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SIMULATION; TECHNIQUE; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0032930835     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4878(99)00022-8     Document Type: Article

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