Calibrating a population-based job-exposure matrix using inspection measurements to estimate historical occupational exposure to lead for a population-based cohort in Shanghai, China

Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 9-16

  Koh, Dong Hee ^a   Bhatti, Parveen ^b   Coble, Joseph B ^a   Stewart, Patricia A ^a,c   Lu, Wei ^d   Shu, Xiao Ou ^e   Ji, Bu Tian ^a   Xue, Shouzheng ^a   Locke, Sarah J ^a   Portengen, Lutzen ^f   Yang, Gong ^e   Chow, Wong Ho ^a   Gao, Yu Tang ^g   Rothman, Nathaniel ^a   Vermeulen, Roel ^f   Friesen, Melissa C ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^c Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics   (United States)

^d Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control   (China)

^e VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^g SHANGHAI CANCER INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Cancer; Exposure assessment; Job exposure matrix; Lead; Mixed effects model; Occupational exposure

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CHINA; COHORT ANALYSIS; DUST; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CALIBRATION; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; DUST; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; LEAD; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84890804434     PISSN: 15590631     EISSN: 1559064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jes.2012.86     Document Type: Article

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