Agreement of Job-Exposure Matrix (JEM) Assessed Exposure and Self-Reported Exposure among Adult Leukemia Patients and Controls in Shanghai

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 281-288

  Adegoke, Olufemi J ^a   Blair, Aaron ^b   Shu, Xiao Ou ^c   Sanderson, Maureen ^d   Addy, Cheryl L ^e   Dosemeci, Mustafa ^b   Zheng, Wei ^c  

^a MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT INGRAM CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agreement; Job exposure matrix; Leukemia; Occupational exposures; Self report; Shanghai

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; PESTICIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB EXPOSURE MATRIX ASSESSMENT; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; BENZENE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; DATA COLLECTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PESTICIDES; REGISTRIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLVENTS;

EID: 1542530851     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.10351     Document Type: Article

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