Hierarchical cluster analysis applied to workers' exposures in fiberglass insulation manufacturing

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 43-55

  Wu, Jyun De ^a,c   Milton, Donald K ^b   Hammond, S Katharine ^a   Spear, Robert C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Epidemiology; Exposure groups; Glass fibre; Occupational groups

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GLASS FIBERS; HEALTH RISKS; PERSONNEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FIBERGLASS INSULATION MANUFACTURING;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ENDOTOXIN; FORMALDEHYDE; GLASS FIBER; PHENOL DERIVATIVE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GROUP DYNAMICS; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032968270     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4878(98)00070-2     Document Type: Article

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