Desktop study of occupational exposure judgments: Do education and experience influence accuracy?

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 746-758

  Logan, Perry W ^a,b   Ramachandran, Gurumurthy ^a   Mulhausen, John R ^a,b   Banerjee, Sudipto ^a   Hewett, Paul ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b 3M COMPANY   (United States)

^c Exposure Assessment Solutions Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

data interpretation; education; experience; exposure judgment accuracy; professional judgment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LOGISTIC MODELS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 82155181544     PISSN: 15459624     EISSN: 15459632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15459624.2011.628607     Document Type: Article

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