Using "exposure prediction rules" for exposure assessment: An example on whole-body vibration in taxi drivers

Epidemiology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 293-299

  Chen, Jiu Chiuan ^a   Chang, Wen Ruey ^b   Shih, Tung Sheng ^c   Chen, Chiou Jong ^c   Chang, Wushou P ^d   Dennerlein, Jack T ^a   Ryan, Louise M ^a   Christiani, David C ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b LIBERTY MUTUAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR SAFETY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DRIVER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIBRATION; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CAR DRIVING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TAIWAN; THEORETICAL MODEL; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; TAIWAN; URBAN POPULATION; VIBRATION;

EID: 3142721998     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ede.0000121378.62340.a7     Document Type: Article

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