Silica exposure during construction activities: Statistical modeling of task-based measurements from the literature

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 432-443

  Sauvé, Jean François ^a   Beaudry, Charles ^a   Bégin, Denis ^a   Dion, Chantal ^a,b   Gérin, Michel ^a   Lavoué, Jérôme ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE ROBERT SAUVÉ EN SANTÉ ET EN SÉCURITÉ DU TRAVAIL   (Canada)

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

Author keywords

construction industry; crystalline silica; monte carlo simulation; multi model inference; task based assessment

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES; CONSTRUCTION SECTORS; CRYSTALLINE SILICA; DETERMINANTS OF EXPOSURE; LOCAL EXHAUST VENTILATION; MONTE-CARLO SIMULATIONS; MULTI-MODEL INFERENCE; TASK-BASED ASSESSMENT;

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SILICA; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

SILICON DIOXIDE;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR POLLUTANT; BUILDING INDUSTRY; BUILDING MATERIAL; CLASSIFICATION; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REVIEW; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; SILICON DIOXIDE; VENTILATION;

EID: 84876402799     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mes089     Document Type: Review

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