Retrospective exposure assessment in a chemical research and development facility

Environment International

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 111-121

  Chen, Yu Cheng ^a   Ramachandran, Gurumurthy ^a   Alexander, Bruce H ^a   Mandel, Jeffrey H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Expert judgment; Exposure misclassification; Exposure modeling; Exposure modifier; Exposure reconstruction; JEM

Indexed keywords

AMINES; EMPLOYMENT; ESTIMATION; ETHERS; NITROSAMINES; SALTS;

EXPERT JUDGMENT; EXPOSURE MISCLASSIFICATION; EXPOSURE MODELING; EXPOSURE MODIFIER; JEM;

INDICATORS (CHEMICAL);

2 METHYL 4 ISOTHIAZOLIN 3 ONE; ACRYLIC ACID; BIS(CHLOROMETHYL) ETHER; CHLOROMETHYL METHYL ETHER; FORMALDEHYDE; NITROSAMINE;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CANCER; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; FORMALDEHYDE; HEALTH RISK; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; WORKPLACE;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WORKING TIME;

EID: 81055139466     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2011.10.008     Document Type: Article

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