Comparison of self-assessment of solvent exposure with measurement and professional assessment for female petrochemical workers in China

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 483-489

  Hu, Ye A ^a,d   Smith, Thomas J ^a   Xu, Xiping ^a   Wang, Lihua ^b   Watanabe, Hiroshi ^c   Christiani, David C ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^d RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohen's kappa; Overall proportion of agreement; Sensitivity; Specificity; Validity

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; SOLVENT; STYRENE; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

ARTICLE; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; SELF EVALUATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION PROCESS; ADULT; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLVENTS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; HUMANS;

EID: 0035986836     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.10069     Document Type: Article

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