Use of O*NET as a job exposure matrix: A literature review

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 898-914

  Cifuentes, Manuel ^a,b   Boyer, Jon ^a,b   Lombardi, David A ^a   Punnett, Laura ^b  

^a LIBERTY MUTUAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR SAFETY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ergonomics; Job exposure matrix; O*NET; Occupational exposure; Occupational information network

Indexed keywords

BIOENGINEERING; FACTUAL DATABASE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SERVICE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; SAFETY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956142591     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20846     Document Type: Review

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