Company-level, semi-quantitative assessment of occupational styrene exposure when individual data are not available

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 155-165

  Kolstad, Henrik A ^a   Sønderskov, Jette ^a   Burstyn, Igor ^b,c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Case control study; Epidemiological method; Epidemiology; Exposure assessment; Mixed effects models; Occupational exposure; Risk assessment; Styrene

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ESTIMATION; EXPOSURE CONTROLS; PROBABILITY; STYRENE; ELASTOMERS; EMPLOYMENT; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; PLASTICS INDUSTRY; REINFORCED PLASTICS; REINFORCEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

INDICATORS; LAMINATORS; STYRENE EXPOSURE; SUBSETS;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; STYRENE;

STYRENE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEASUREMENT; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLASTIC INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; DENMARK; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STYRENE;

CASE-CONTROL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL METHODS; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; MIXED EFFECTS MODELS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 16244384586     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/meh088     Document Type: Article

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