Applying quality criteria to exposure in asbestos epidemiology increases the estimated risk

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 565-568

  Burdorf, Alex ^a   Heederik, Dick ^b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

asbestos; exposure assessment; guidelines; risk assessment

Indexed keywords

COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; EXPOSURE DATA; EXPOSURE GUIDELINES; GUIDELINES; HISTORICAL DATA; LUNG CANCER; META ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS; QUALITY CRITERIA; SIMILAR PATTERN;

ASBESTOS; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DISEASES; HEALTH RISKS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SERPENTINE; TUMORS;

RISK PERCEPTION;

ASBESTOS; CARCINOGEN;

EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); METHODOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLEURA TUMOR; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ASBESTOS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CARCINOGENS, ENVIRONMENTAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 79960342890     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mer042     Document Type: Review

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