Comparison of exposure estimates in the Finnish job-exposure matrix FINJEM with a JEM derived from expert assessments performed in Montreal

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 465-471

  Lavoué, Jérôme ^a   Pintos, Javier ^a   Van Tongeren, Martie ^b   Kincl, Laurel ^c,d   Richardson, Lesley ^a   Kauppinen, T ^e   Cardis, Elisabeth ^d   Siemiatycki, Jack ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^e FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; ASPHALT; BENZENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; CADMIUM; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; CHROMIUM; FORMALDEHYDE; GASOLINE; INSECTICIDE; IRON; LEAD; NICKEL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TOLUENE;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIESEL ENGINE; DUST; JOB EXPOSURE MATRIX; OBSERVATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FINLAND; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; PREVALENCE; QUEBEC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 84862566576     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2011-100154     Document Type: Article

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