Monte Carlo simulation to reconstruct formaldehyde exposure levels from summary parameters reported in the literature

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 161-172

  Lavoue J ^a   Begin D ^a   Beaudry, C ^a   Gerin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lognormal model; Medium density fibre board; Mixed effects models; Occupational exposure assessment; Oriented strand board; Particle board

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; FORMALDEHYDE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PARTICLE BOARD; STATISTICS; WOOD;

DENSITY FIBER BOARD (MDF); LOGNORMAL MODELS; MIXED EFFECTS MODELS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; ORIENTED STRAND BOARDS; PARTICLE BOARD (PB);

INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

FORMALDEHYDE;

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FORMALDEHYDE; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; MANUFACTURED MATERIALS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PUBLICATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WOOD; WORKPLACE;

FIBRE BOARDS; LOG-NORMAL MODEL; MIXED EFFECTS MODELS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE ASSESSMENTS; ORIENTED STRANDBOARD;

FIBER BOARDS; FORMALDEHYDE; GEOMETRY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; ORIENTED STRAND BOARDS;

EID: 33947154837     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mel068     Document Type: Article

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