Optimizing occupational exposure measurement strategies when estimating the log-scale arithmetic mean value - An example from the reinforced plastics industry

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 371-377

  Lampa, Erik G ^a   Nilsson, Leif ^a   Liljelind, Ingrid E ^a   Bergdahl, Ingvar A ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Exposure assessment; Measurement strategy; Variance components

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; OPTIMIZATION; PLASTICS INDUSTRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; MEASUREMENT STRATEGY; VARIANCE COMPONENTS;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ACCURACY; ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ARTICLE; MEASUREMENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLANNING; PLASTIC INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; WORKPLACE;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLASTICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33745727858     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mei078     Document Type: Article

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