Use of the finnish information system on occupational exposure (FINJEM) in epidemiologic, surveillance, and other applications

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 380-396

  Kauppinen, Timo ^a   Uuksulainen, Sanni ^a   Saalo, Anja ^a   Mäkinen, Ilpo ^a   Pukkala, Eero ^b,c  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

burden of disease; epidemiology; Finland; hazard surveillance; job exposure matrix; trend

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HAZARDS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

COMPREHENSIVE DOCUMENTATION; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; EXPOSURE ESTIMATES; FINLAND; JOB-EXPOSURE MATRIXES; OCCUPATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGIES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; TREND;

MONITORING;

EID: 84896322603     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/met074     Document Type: Review

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