Application of different statistical methods to estimate relative risk for self-reported health complaints among shoe factory workers exposed to organic solvents and plastic compounds

Norsk Epidemiologi

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 111-116

  Nijem, Khaldoun ^a   Kristensen, Petter ^b,c   Al Khatib, Awni ^a   Bjertness, Espen ^c  

^a Faculty of Science and Technology   (Norway)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC SOLVENT; PLASTIC;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; BREATHING DISORDER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SHOE INDUSTRY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VARIANCE;

EID: 32244440873     PISSN: 08032491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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