Development and evaluation of parental occupational exposure questionnaires for a childhood leukemia study

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 450-458

  Reinier, Kyndaron ^a,b,f   Hammond, S Katherine ^a   Buffler, Patricia A ^a   Gunier, Robert B ^c   Lea, C Suzanne ^d   Quinlan, Patricia ^e   Kirsch, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Exposure assessment; Exposure, parental; Job module; Measurement, epidemiologic; Study, case control

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC GAS; ASPHALT; COAL TAR; CREOSOTE; DIESEL FUEL; GASOLINE; ORGANIC SOLVENT; PAINT; PESTICIDE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL;

CANCER; CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE PREVALENCE; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST; EXHAUST GAS; FAMILY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; IONIZING RADIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARENT; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED STATES; WELDING FUME; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKER;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 11044230902     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.834     Document Type: Review

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