Are variance components of exposure heterogeneous between time periods and factories in the European carbon black industry?

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 55-64

  Van Tongeren, Martie ^a,b   Burstyn, Igor ^c,d   Kromhout, Hans ^d   Gardiner, Kerry ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Exposure modelling; Mixed effects models; Variance compounds

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; JOB ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; PROBABILITY; CARBON; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; SURVEYS;

EXPOSURE MODELING; MIXED EFFECTS MODELS; VARIANCE COMPOUNDS;

CARBON BLACK;

CARBON;

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; EUROPE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARBON; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS;

EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES; EXPOSURE MODELLING; HETEROGENEOUS MODELING; LIKELIHOOD RATIO TESTS; MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES; MIXED EFFECTS MODELS; REPEATED MEASUREMENTS; VARIANCE COMPOUNDS;

EID: 29444455532     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mei041     Document Type: Article

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