Evaluation and further development of EASE model 2.0

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 135-145

  Creely, K S ^a   Tickner, J ^b   Soutar, A J ^a   Hughson, G W ^a   Pryde, D E ^c   Warren, N D ^c   Rae, R ^d   Money, C ^e   Phillips, A ^f   Cherrie, J W ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Health and Safety Laboratory ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c HEALTH AND SAFETY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^f HEALTH AND SAFETY EXECUTIVE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemical; EASE; Exposure assessment; Model

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; HEALTH CARE; SKIN; CHEMICALS; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; MODELS;

DERMAL EXPOSURE; TWENTY STAKEHOLDERS; WINDOWS VERSION; WORKPLACE EXPOSURE;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ACCURACY; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER PREDICTION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DANGEROUS GOODS; ESTIMATION AND ASSESSMENT OF SUBSTANCE EXPOSURE MODEL; HEALTH HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; EXPERT SYSTEMS; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE;

CRITICAL ASSESSMENT; EASE; ESTIMATION AND ASSESSMENT OF SUBSTANCE EXPOSURES; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT MODELS; EXPOSURE DETERMINANTS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; WORKPLACE EXPOSURE;

EID: 20144389681     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/meh069     Document Type: Review

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