Comparison of measurement strategies for prospective occupational epidemiology

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 101-110

  Sauleau, Erik A ^a   Wild, Pascal ^b   Hours, Martine ^a   Leplay, Antoine ^c   Bergeret, Alain ^a  

^a University of Medicine   (France)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE ET DE SÉCURITÉ   (France)

^c Rhoditech   (France)

Author keywords

Cross sectional study; Exposure assessment; Occupational health; Prospective epidemiology; Simulations

Indexed keywords

HEALTH; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; ITERATIVE METHODS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MEAN SQUARE ERROR;

OCCUPATIONAL HYGIENE;

EPIDEMIOLOGY; DISEASES;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIMULATION;

HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

COMPARISON OF MEASUREMENTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE RELATIONSHIPS; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; LINEAR REGRESSION COEFFICIENTS; OCCUPATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGIES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SIMULATIONS;

EID: 0037994198     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/meg013     Document Type: Article

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