Inter-rater agreement for a retrospective exposure assessment of asbestos, chromium, nickel and welding fumes in a study of lung cancer and ionizing radiation

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 601-610

  Seel, E A ^a   Zaebst, D D ^a   Hein, M J ^a   Liu, J ^b   Nowlin, S J ^a   Chen, P ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b WESTAT   (United States)

Author keywords

Expert judgment; Inter rater agreement; Job exposure matrix; Retrospective exposure assessment

Indexed keywords

(E ,3E) PROCESS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CUMULATIVE EXPOSURES; ESTIMATION PROCESSES; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; FREQUENCY ESTIMATES; KAPPA STATISTICS; LUNG CANCERS; NAVAL SHIPYARDS; WELDING FUMES;

ASBESTOS; CHROMIUM; NICKEL;

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONSENSUS; EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; IONIZING RADIATION; LUNG CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIPYARD WORKER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WELDING FUME; AIR POLLUTANT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; LUNG TUMOR; OBSERVER VARIATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; WELDING;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ASBESTOS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHROMIUM; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; OBSERVER VARIATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; WELDING;

ASBESTOS; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CHROMIUM; DISEASES; FUMES; IONIZING RADIATION; NICKEL; RADIATION SHIELDING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHIPS; SHIPYARDS; WELDING;

CUMULATIVE EXPOSURES; EXPERT JUDGMENT; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; FREQUENCY ESTIMATES; INTER-RATER AGREEMENTS; JOB EXPOSURE MATRIX; RETROSPECTIVE EXPOSURE ASSESSMENTS; UNBALANCED DISTRIBUTION;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ASBESTOS; CHROMIUM; NICKEL;

EID: 42049111719     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mem037     Document Type: Article

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