Exposure modeling in occupational hygiene decision making

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 353-362

  Vadali, Monika ^a   Ramachandran, Gurumurthy ^a   Mulhausen, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b 3M COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian decision making; Exposure models; Two dimensional Monte Carlo

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; BAYES THEOREM; HYGIENE; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNCERTAINTY; VAPOR PRESSURE; ARTICLE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

BAYES THEOREM; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 67549135176     PISSN: 15459624     EISSN: 15459632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15459620902855161     Document Type: Review

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