Modeling, estimation and validation of cotton dust and endotoxin exposures in Chinese textile operations

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 573-582

  Astrakianakis, George ^a   Seixas, Noah S ^a   Camp, Janice E ^a   Christiani, David C ^b   Feng, Ziding ^c   Thomas, David B ^a,c   Checkoway, Harvey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Cotton dust; Endotoxin; Modeling; Retrospective exposure; Validation

Indexed keywords

COTTON DUST; ENDOTOXIN; MODELING; RETROSPECTIVE EXPOSURE; VALIDATION; COTTON TEXTILES; CUMULATIVE EXPOSURES; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES; EXPOSURE MEASUREMENT; RELATIVE ACCURACY;

TEXTILE INDUSTRY; TEXTILES; COTTON; DUST CONTROL; MODELS;

COTTON; DUST;

ENDOTOXIN;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CHINESE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; COTTON DUST; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; MODEL; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CHINA; COTTON FIBER; DUST; ENDOTOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

COTTON; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POISONS; TEXTILES;

EID: 33746698990     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mel018     Document Type: Article

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