A risk assessment for occupational acrylonitrile exposure using epidemiology data

Risk Analysis

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 587-601

  Starr, Thomas B ^a   Gause, Christine ^b   Youk, Ada O ^b   Stone, Roslyn ^b   Marsh, Gary M ^b   Collins, James J ^c  

^a TBS Associates   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acrylonitrile; Cox regression; Epidemiology; Lung cancer; Occupational exposure; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TUMORS;

CANCER MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURES; REGRESSION MODELS; RELATIVE RISKS (RR);

RISK ASSESSMENT;

ACRYLONITRILE;

CANCER; HEALTH RISK; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; MODEL; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

ACRYLONITRILE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3042714197     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0272-4332.2004.00461.x     Document Type: Review

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