Workplace measurements by the us occupational safety and health administration since 1979: Descriptive analysis and potential uses for exposure assessment

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 77-97

  Lavoue, J ^a   Friesen, M C ^b   Burstyn, I ^c  

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

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Database; Exposure reconstruction; IMIS; Occupational hygiene

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL STRATEGY; CHEMICAL EXPOSURE; COMPANY SIZE; DATA SETS; DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL DATA; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; EXPOSURE CONDITIONS; EXPOSURE DATA; EXPOSURE LEVEL; EXPOSURE RECONSTRUCTION; HEALTH DATA; IMIS; INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT; JOB DESCRIPTION; LITERATURE REVIEWS; MEASUREMENT DATA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL HYGIENE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATIONS; PERMISSIBLE EXPOSURE LIMITS; POTENTIAL USERS; PUBLIC DOMAINS; SALT LAKE CITY; SAMPLING RESULTS;

DATABASE SYSTEMS; EMPLOYMENT; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; JOB ANALYSIS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; SILICA;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ARTICLE; GOVERNMENT; HISTORY; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RESEARCH DESIGN; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 84872710558     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mes055     Document Type: Article

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