Development of a job exposure matrix (JEM) for the textile industry in Shanghai, China

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 521-529

  Wernli, Karen J ^a,b   Astrakianakis, George ^b   Camp, Janice E ^b   Ray, Roberta M ^a   Chang, Chin Kuo ^b,c   Li, Gao Dao ^d   Thomas, David B ^a,b   Checkoway, Harvey ^b   Seixas, Noah S ^b  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c and Hong Kong Branch of CAS Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics   (Hong Kong)

^d ZHONGSHAN HOSPITAL OF FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Exposure assessment; Job exposure matrix (JEM); Occupational exposures; Textile industry

Indexed keywords

BLEACHING AGENT; CAUSTIC AGENT; CHEMICAL AGENT; DYE; FORMALDEHYDE; MINERAL; RESIN;

ARTICLE; CHINA; COTTON; DUST; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; JOB EXPOSURE MATRIX; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILK; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; WOOL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

EID: 33746711008     PISSN: 15459624     EISSN: 15459632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15459620600902166     Document Type: Article

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