Advanced REACH Tool (ART): Overview of version 1.0 and research needs

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 949-956

  Tielemans, Erik ^a   Warren, Nick ^b   Fransman, Wouter ^a   Van Tongeren, Martie ^c   McNally, Kevin ^b   Tischer, Martin ^d   Ritchie, Peter ^c   Kromhout, Hans ^e   Schinkel, Jody ^a   Schneider, Thomas ^f   Cherrie, John W ^c  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b HEALTH AND SAFETY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Germany)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bayesian analysis; exposure modelling; uncertainty

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BAYESIAN APPROACHES; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DECISION STRATEGY; EVOLVING SYSTEMS; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; EXPOSURE DATA; EXPOSURE DISTRIBUTION; EXPOSURE MEASUREMENT; EXPOSURE MODELLING; INHALATION EXPOSURE; RESEARCH NEEDS; SITE-SPECIFIC; UNCERTAINTY;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; ESTIMATION; FORECASTING;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTANT; BAYES THEOREM; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BAYES THEOREM; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 81255168575     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mer094     Document Type: Review

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