Evaluating temporal trends from occupational lead exposure data reported in the published literature using meta-regression

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1111-1125

  Koh, Dong Hee ^a,c   Nam, Jun Mo ^a   Graubard, Barry I ^a   Chen, Yu Cheng ^b   Locke, Sarah J ^a   Friesen, Melissa C ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^c National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Exposure; lead; meta analysis; meta regression; temporal trend

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; HEALTH RISKS; LEAD; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EXPOSURE; GEOMETRIC STANDARD DEVIATIONS; INDEPENDENT VARIABLES; META ANALYSIS; META-REGRESSION; REGRESSION PARAMETERS; RETROSPECTIVE EXPOSURE ASSESSMENTS; TEMPORAL TRENDS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

AIR POLLUTANT; LEAD;

AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; BLOOD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; META ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRENDS;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; LEAD; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84913606009     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/meu061     Document Type: Article

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