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ID (ISN) del documento112523
Número CIS 12-0252
ISSN - Título de la serie 1545-9624 - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene
Año 2011
Número de serie
Autor(es) Armstrong T.W., Liang Y., Hetherington Y., Bowes S.M., Wong O., Fu H., Chen M., Schnatter A.R.
Título Retrospective occupational exposure assessment for case-control and case-series epidemiology studies based in Shanghai China
Información bibliográfica Sep. 2011, Vol.8, No.9, p.561-572. Illus. 48 ref.
Acceso Internet Retrospective_occupational_exposure_assessment_[BUY_THIS_ARTICLE] [en inglés]
Resumen 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.
Descriptores (primarios) China; epidemiología; benceno; valoración de la exposición; factores de riesgo
Descriptores (secundarios) dosificación en el aire; encuesta por cuestionario; estudio del caso y testigo; relación trabajo-exposición; revisión bibliográfica
Tipo de documento D - Artículos periódicos
Tema(s) Sustancias tóxicas y peligrosas
Broad subject area(s) Riesgos químicos
Navegación por categoria(s) Aromatic hydrocarbons
Epidemiology