Expert assessment of exposure to carcinogens in Norway's offshore petroleum industry

Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 175-182

  Steinsvåg, Kjersti ^a   Bråtveit, Magne ^a   Moen, Bente ^a   Austgulen, Liv Torill ^b   Hollund, Bjørg Eli ^c   Haaland, Inger Margrethe ^b   Nærheim, Jakob ^b   Svendsen, Kristin ^d   Kromhout, Hans ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

^c X lab   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cohen's index; Retrospective exposure assessment; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; CARCINOGEN; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; MINERAL OIL;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; OFFSHORE OIL INDUSTRY; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNIVERSITY;

CARCINOGENS, ENVIRONMENTAL; CONSENSUS; FACULTY; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; NORWAY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONS; PETROLEUM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 39549108526     PISSN: 15590631     EISSN: 1559064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jes.7500578     Document Type: Article

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