Principal component analysis is a powerful instrument in occupational hygiene inquiries

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 655-661

  Burstyn, Igor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Factor analysis; Latent variable; Manifest variable; Multivariate statistics; Tutorial

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; DATA REDUCTION; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; MIXTURES; FACTOR ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS;

MULTIPLE CORRELATED VARIABLES; OCCUPATIONAL HYGIENE;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HYGIENE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ANALYSIS APPROACH; COMPLEX RELATIONSHIPS; CORRELATED VARIABLES; LATENT VARIABLE; MANIFEST VARIABLE; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICS; OCCUPATIONAL HYGIENE; TUTORIAL;

EID: 9144222778     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/meh075     Document Type: Review

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