Exposure to vapors, gas, dust, or fumes: Assessment by a single survey item compared to a detailed exposure battery and a job exposure matrix

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 110-117

  Blanc, Paul D ^a,b   Eisner, Mark D ^a   Balmes, John R ^a,c   Trupin, Laura ^a   Yelin, Edward H ^a,b   Katz, Patricia P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Job exposure matrix; Occupation; Population attributable risk

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CONFERENCE PAPER; DUST EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FUME; GAS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TELEPHONE; VAPOR;

AGED; ASTHMA; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DUST; FEMALE; GASES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF DISCLOSURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 23644443532     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20187     Document Type: Conference Paper

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