Development and evaluation of a tool for retrospective exposure assessment of selected endocrine disrupting chemicals and EMF in the car manufacturing industry

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 736-751

  Mester, Birte ^a   Schmeißer, Nils ^a   Lünzmann, Hauke ^a   Pohlabeln, Hermann ^a   Langner, Ingo ^a   Behrens, Thomas ^a   Ahrens, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

endocrine disruption; individual expert exposure assessment; job exposure matrix; retrospective exposure assessment

Indexed keywords

CAR MANUFACTURING; CASE-CONTROL STUDY; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING CHEMICALS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES; EXPERT PANELS; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; EXPOSURE ESTIMATION; GERM CELLS; JOB EXPOSURE MATRIX; LOW PROBABILITY; LOW-INTENSITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIOS; PRODUCTION LINE; SELECTION CRITERIA; SPECIFIC ACTIVITY;

AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE; PROTECTIVE COATINGS;

RATING;

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAR; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXPERT WITNESS; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; TESTIS TUMOR;

ASTHMA; AUTOMOBILES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; EXPERT TESTIMONY; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 80051776248     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mer023     Document Type: Article

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