Toward better exposure assessment strategies - The new NIOSH initiative

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 297-301

  Ramachandran, Gurumurthy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian statistics; Comprehensive exposure assessment; Exposure assessment strategies; NIOSH strategy; Professional judgment; Task based exposure assessment

Indexed keywords

BAYES THEOREM; NOTE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING;

BAYES THEOREM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH (U.S.); OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 47249099321     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/men025     Document Type: Note

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