Assessing occupational and environmental exposure

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 419-424

  Semple, Sean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental; Epidemiology; Exposure; Modelling; Occupational

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; CONSUMER; DANGEROUS GOODS; DERMATITIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVALUATION STUDIES; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 24944432400     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqi135     Document Type: Review

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