Developing a general population job-exposure matrix in the absence of sufficient exposure monitoring data

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 879-885

  'T Mannetje, Andrea M ^a   Mclean, Dave J ^a   Eng, Amanda J ^a   Kromhout, Hans ^b   Kauppinen, Timo ^c   Fevotte, Joelle ^d   Pearce, Neil E ^a,e  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

expert assessment; job exposure matrix; wood dust; workforce survey

Indexed keywords

EXPERT ASSESSMENT; EXPOSURE DATA; EXPOSURE MEASUREMENT; EXPOSURE MONITORING; GENERAL POPULATION; MATRIX; NEW ZEALAND; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SURVEY DATA; WOOD DUST; WORKFORCE SURVEY; WORKPLACE EXPOSURE;

DUST; EMPLOYMENT; MATRIX ALGEBRA; RATING; SURVEYS; WOOD;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DUST; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS; WOOD;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; DUST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; PREVALENCE; WOOD;

BIOLOGICAL POPULATIONS; DUST; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; NEW ZEALAND; SURVEYS; WOOD; WORK STUDY;

EID: 80054730022     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mer045     Document Type: Article

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