A triangulation approach to historical exposure assessment for the carbon black industry

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 131-143

  Harber, Philip ^a   Muranko, Henry ^b   Shvartsblat, Stephen ^a   Solis, Sophia ^a   Torossian, Ani ^a   Oren, Tilly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Muranko and Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON BLACK; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; RATING SCALE;

CARBON; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; JOB DESCRIPTION; LUNG DISEASES; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MORBIDITY; NORTH AMERICA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0345237927     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jom.0000052956.59271.bd     Document Type: Article

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