A job-exposure matrix for research and surveillance of occupational health and safety in Spanish workers: MatEmESp

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1226-1238

  García, Ana M ^a,b,c   González Galarzo, M Carmen ^b   Kauppinen, Timo ^d   Delclos, Georges L ^b,c,e,f   Benavides, Fernando G ^b,c,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^c CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^d FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Exposure assessment; Hazard surveillance; Occupational epidemiology; Occupational groups; Population based studies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; HAZARD SURVEILLANCE; HUMAN; NAMED GROUPS BY OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POPULATION-BASED STUDIES; RISK FACTOR; SPAIN; STATISTICS;

EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; HAZARD SURVEILLANCE; OCCUPATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL GROUPS; POPULATION-BASED STUDIES;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES; RISK FACTORS; SPAIN; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84883456922     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22213     Document Type: Article

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