A proposal for evaluation of exposure data

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 287-297

  Tielemans, Erik ^a   Marquart, Hans ^a   De Cock, Johan ^a   Groenewold, Monique ^a   Van Hemmen, Joop ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Decision tree; Exposure assessment; Exposure data; Quality evaluation

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION ANALYSIS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; DECISION TREES; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

DECISION TREES;

HEALTH CARE; QUALITY CONTROL;

DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION THEORY; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; VALIDATION PROCESS; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; DECISION TREE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ASSESSMENT PROCEDURE; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; EXPOSURE DATA; EXTERNAL VALIDITIES; OCCUPATIONAL HYGIENE; QUALITY ASSESSMENT; QUALITY EVALUATION; SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION;

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; DATA COLLECTION; DECISION TREES; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0036526992     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mef047     Document Type: Review

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