Comparison of algorithm-based estimates of occupational diesel exhaust exposure to those of multiple independent raters in a population-based case-control study

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 470-481

  Friesen, Melissa C ^a   Pronk, Anjoeka ^a,b   Wheeler, David C ^a,c   Chen, Yu Cheng ^a   Locke, Sarah J ^a   Zaebst, Dennis D ^d   Schwenn, Molly ^e   Johnson, Alison ^f   Waddell, Richard ^g   Baris, Dalsu ^a   Colt, Joanne S ^a   Silverman, Debra T ^a   Stewart, Patricia A ^a,h   Katki, Hormuzd A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WESTAT   (United States)

^e Maine Cancer Registry   (United States)

^f Vermont Cancer Registry   (United States)

^g DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^h Stewart Exposure Assessments LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

case control; diesel exhaust; expert judgement; exposure assessment

Indexed keywords

CASE-CONTROL; CLASSIFICATION AND REGRESSION TREE MODELS; DIESEL EXHAUSTS; EXPERT JUDGEMENT; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; EXPOSURE DECISIONS; PROBABILITY ASSESSMENTS; PROBABILITY WEIGHTING;

AGGREGATES; ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY; RATING; SURVEYS; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

ALGORITHMS;

ALGORITHM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXHAUST GAS; HUMAN; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REVIEW; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 84876381806     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mes082     Document Type: Review

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