| Document ID (ISN) | 112523 |
| CIS number |
12-0252 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
1545-9624 - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene |
| Year |
2011 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Armstrong T.W., Liang Y., Hetherington Y., Bowes S.M., Wong O., Fu H., Chen M., Schnatter A.R. |
| Title |
Retrospective occupational exposure assessment for case-control and case-series epidemiology studies based in Shanghai China |
| Bibliographic information |
Sep. 2011, Vol.8, No.9, p.561-572. Illus. 48 ref. |
| Internet access |
Retrospective_occupational_exposure_assessment_[BUY_THIS_ARTICLE] [in English]
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| Abstract |
To provide exposure information for epidemiology studies conducted in Shanghai from 2001 to 2008, this study completed retrospective exposure assessments (EA) of benzene and other hazards. Interviewers administered questionnaires to subjects from Shanghai area hospitals. An initial exposure screening by EA staff members, blinded as to case-control status, stratified jobs into exposed, unexposed, or uncertain categories prior to review by a separate expert panel (EP). Resources for the EA included questionnaire responses by subjects, short-term benzene area concentration measurements from a Shanghai regulatory agency database, Chinese literature for qualitative and short-term quantitative measurements, on-site investigations, summaries of technology changes and selected task simulations with concurrent benzene concentration measurements. An EP in Shanghai completed semi-quantitative benzene exposure assignments. Findings are discussed. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
China; epidemiology; benzene; exposure evaluation; risk factors |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
determination in air; questionnaire survey; case-control study; job-exposure relation; literature survey |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Subject(s) |
Toxic and dangerous substances
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| Broad subject area(s) |
Chemical safety
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| Browse category(ies) |
Aromatic hydrocarbons
Epidemiology
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