Development of a retrospective job exposure matrix for PCB-exposed workers in capacitor manufacturing

Journal of Occupational Health

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 199-208

  Hopf, Nancy B ^a   Waters, Martha A ^a   Ruder, Avima M ^a   Prince, Mary M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cumulative exposure; Exposure assessment; JEM; Polychlorinated biphenyl

Indexed keywords

3,3',4,4',5 PENTACHLOROBIPHENYL; 3,4,5,3',4'-PENTACHLOROBIPHENYL; ANTIESTROGEN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DOSE RESPONSE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; ESTROGEN ANTAGONISTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77957059930     PISSN: 13419145     EISSN: 13489585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1539/joh.L9151     Document Type: Article

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