Tools for regulatory assessment of occupational exposure: Development and challenges

Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages

  Tielemans, Erik ^a   Warren, Nick ^b   Schneider, Thomas ^c   Tischer, Martin ^d   Ritchie, Peter ^e   Goede, Henk ^a   Kromhout, Hans ^f   Van Hemmen, Joop ^a   Cherrie, John W ^e  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b HEALTH AND SAFETY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^d Division Hazardous Substances   (Germany)

^e INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^f UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Empirical statistical models; Exposure modelling; Personal exposure

Indexed keywords

BAYES THEOREM; HUMAN; LAW; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; BAYES THEOREM; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EUROPEAN UNION; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN ABSORPTION;

EID: 36949003442     PISSN: 15590631     EISSN: 1559064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jes.7500604     Document Type: Review

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