Validity and reliability of exposure assessors' ratings of exposure intensity by type of occupational questionnaire and type of rater

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 601-611

  Friesen, Melissa C ^a   Coble, Joseph B ^a,c   Katki, Hormuzd A ^a   Ji, Bu Tian ^a   Xue, Shouzheng ^a   Lu, Wei ^b   Stewart, Patricia A ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control   (China)

^c Stewart Exposure Assessments LLC ^*  (United States)

^d Stewart Exposure Assessments LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

dust; exposure assessment; foundry industry; population based studies; professional judgment; reliability; textile industry; validity

Indexed keywords

EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; FOUNDRY INDUSTRY; POPULATION-BASED STUDIES; PROFESSIONAL JUDGMENT; VALIDITY;

DUST; FOUNDRY PRACTICE; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; RATING; RELIABILITY; SURVEYS; TEXTILE PROCESSING; TEXTILES;

TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

CHEMICAL MODEL; CHINA; DECISION MAKING; DUST; HUMAN; METALLURGY; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

CHINA; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DUST; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; METALLURGY; MODELS, CHEMICAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

EID: 79960348865     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mer019     Document Type: Review

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