Development of an exposure measurement database on five lung carcinogens (ExpoSYN) for quantitative retrospective occupational exposure assessment

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 70-79

  Peters, Susan ^a   Vermeulen, Roel ^a,b   Olsson, Ann ^c   Van Gelder, Rainer ^d   Kendzia, Benjamin ^e   Vincent, Raymond ^f   Savary, Barbara ^f   Williams, Nick ^g   Woldbæk, Torill ^h   Lavoué, Jérôme ⁱ   Cavallo, Domenico ^j   Cattaneo, Andrea ^k   Mirabelli, Dario ^l   Plato, Nils ^m   Dahmann, Dirk ⁿ   Fevotte, Joelle ^o   Pesch, Beate ^e   Brüning, Thomas ^e   Straif, Kurt ^c   Kromhout, Hans ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^d INSTITUT FÜR ARBEITSSCHUTZ DER DEUTSCHEN GESETZLICHEN UNFALLVERSICHERUNG IFA   (Germany)

^e INSTITUT DER RUHR UNIVERSITÄT BOCHUM IPA   (Germany)

^f INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE ET DE SÉCURITÉ   (France)

^g HEALTH AND SAFETY EXECUTIVE   (United Kingdom)

^h NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Norway)

ⁱ CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^j UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^k UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^l UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^m KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

ⁿ IGF BG RCI   (Germany)

^o INSTITUT DE VEILLE SANITAIRE   (France)

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Author keywords

exposure database; general population; multinational; occupational epidemiology; retrospective exposure assessment

Indexed keywords

CASE-CONTROL STUDY; CRYSTALLINE SILICA; DATA POINTS; DATA-DRIVEN; EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; EXPOSURE DATABASE; EXPOSURE MEASUREMENT; GENERAL POPULATION; GERMANY; JOINT EFFECT; LUNG CANCER; MATRIX; MEASUREMENT DATA; MULTINATIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESEARCH INSTITUTES; TIME-PERIODS;

ASBESTOS; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CARCINOGENS; CHROMIUM; DATABASE SYSTEMS; DISEASES; HYDROCARBONS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; RATING; SILICA;

MEASUREMENTS;

ASBESTOS; CARCINOGEN; CHROMIUM; NICKEL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SILICON DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; LUNG TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ASBESTOS; CANADA; CARCINOGENS; CHROMIUM; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; NICKEL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; QUARTZ; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84856262050     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mer081     Document Type: Article

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