Structural equation models in occupational health: An application to exposure modelling

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 184-190

  Davis, Mary E ^a,b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DIESEL FUEL;

AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVER; EXHAUST GAS; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORDINARY LEAST SQUARE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POLLUTION MONITORING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ALGORITHMS; CARBON; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOTOR VEHICLES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; UNITED STATES; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 84857371106     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2010.063032     Document Type: Article

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