Variation in exposure levels for high hazard frequently monitored agents

American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 421-429

  Wambach, Paul F ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Beryllium; Censored data; Exposure assessment; Ionizing radiation; Variance

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; BERYLLIUM;

ARTICLE; GEOMETRY; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; IONIZING RADIATION; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POLLUTION MONITORING; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS; VARIANCE; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; RADIATION DOSE; RISK MANAGEMENT; STANDARD;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASBESTOS; BERYLLIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RISK MANAGEMENT; HUMANS;

EID: 0036338079     PISSN: 15428117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15428110208984730     Document Type: Article

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