Matgéné: A program to develop job-exposure matrices in the general population in France

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 865-878

  Févotte, Joëlle ^a,b   Dananché, Brigitte ^a,b   Delabre, Laurène ^a   Ducamp, Stephane ^a,c   Garras, Loïc ^a   Houot, Marie ^a   Luce, Danile ^a   Orlowski, Ewa ^a   Pilorget, Corinne ^a,b   Lacourt, Aude ^d   Brochard, Patrick ^c,d   Goldberg, Marcel ^a   Imbernon, Ellen ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE VEILLE SANITAIRE   (France)

^b University Lyon   (France)

^c Essat Equipe Associée en Santé Travail LSTE Isped InVS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

epidemiology; France; job exposure matrix; occupational exposure assessment

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL AGENT; ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; EXPOSURE MEASUREMENT; FRANCE; GENERAL POPULATION; JOB DESCRIPTION; LOW-LEVEL EXPOSURE; MATRIX; MINERAL DUST; MINERAL FIBERS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE; STATISTICAL DATAS;

DISEASES; DUST; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; ESTIMATION; HEALTH RISKS; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; JOB ANALYSIS; RISK PERCEPTION; SILICATE MINERALS;

MATRIX ALGEBRA;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BIOMETRY; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 80054719175     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mer067     Document Type: Article

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