Design and validation of a job-exposure matrix to silica;Delineamento e validação de matriz de exposição ocupacional à sílica

Revista de Saude Publica

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 18-26

  Neto Ribeiro, Fátima Sueli ^a   de Camargo, Esther Archer ^b   Filho, Victor Wünsch ^c  

^a Area Vigilancia Cancer Ocupacional   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Air pollutants; Assessment; Free silica; Job exposure matrix; Occupational exposure; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

SILICON DIOXIDE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; BUILDING INDUSTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FOUNDRY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; INDUSTRY; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROCESS DESIGN; REGISTER; RELIABILITY; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 15944413766     PISSN: 00348910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0034-89102005000100003     Document Type: Article

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