Mixed-effects models for the evaluation of long-term trends in exposure levels with an example from the nickel industry

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 71-81

  Symanski, Elaine ^a   Chan, Wenyaw ^a   Chang, Chung Chi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Exposure assessment methods; Long term trends; Mixed effects models; Nickel exposure

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; CORRELATION METHODS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NICKEL; PERSONNEL;

EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT METHOD; NICKEL INDUSTRY;

OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES;

NICKEL;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; METAL INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORKPLACE;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MINING; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NICKEL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035189078     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4878(00)00031-4     Document Type: Article

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