Cross-validation and refinement of the Stoffenmanager as a first tier exposure assessment tool for REACH

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 125-132

  Schinkel, Jody ^a   Fransman, Wouter ^a   Heussen, Henri ^b   Kromhout, Hans ^c   Marquart, Hans ^a   Tielemans, Erik ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b Expert Centre for Chemical Risk Assessment   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VOLATILE AGENT;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG GRANULE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POWDER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOFFENMANAGER ALGORITHM; VALIDATION STUDY; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

ALGORITHMS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 76249127713     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2008.045500     Document Type: Article

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