Comparison of task-based estimates with full-shift measurements of noise exposure

American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 823-829

  Seixas, Noah S ^a   Sheppard, Lianne ^a   Neitzel, Rick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Construction; Exposure assessment; Noise exposure; Task based exposure assessment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSTRUCTION WORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEASUREMENT; MONITORING; NOISE; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY;

DATA COLLECTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; FORECASTING; HUMANS; JOB DESCRIPTION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 0346121346     PISSN: 15428117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15428110308984878     Document Type: Article

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