Development of an exposure assessment method for epidemiological studies of New York State personnel who responded to the world trade center disaster

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 83-93

  Herdt Losavio, Michele L ^a   Mauer, Matthew P ^a   Carlson, G Anders ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Exposure assessment; Methods; World Trade Center

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; AIR POLLUTION; CALCIUM; CALCIUM ALLOYS; COMMERCE; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; OFFICE BUILDINGS; PERSONNEL; SMOKE; WELL EQUIPMENT;

AIR MONITORING; AMBIENT AIR MONITORING; CHLORINATED DIBENZO-P-DIOXIN; CHRONIC EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; METHODS; NEW YORK STATE; SHORT-TERM EXPOSURES; TIME PERIODS; US ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; WEIGHTING FACTORS; WORLD TRADE CENTER;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

CALCIUM; ASBESTOS; HEAVY METAL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

AIR MONITORING; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISASTER; DUST EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EXPOSURE VARIABLE; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SMOKE; WORK ENVIRONMENT; AIR POLLUTANT; ALGORITHM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ALGORITHMS; ASBESTOS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METALS, HEAVY; NEW YORK CITY; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESCUE WORK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS;

EID: 44949199522     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mem065     Document Type: Article

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