Aggregation of Exposure Level and Probability into a Single Metric in Job-Exposure Matrices Creates Bias.

Job-exposure matrices (JEMs) are often used in occupational epidemiological studies to provide an exposure estimate for a typical person in a ‘job’ during a particular time period. A JEM can produce exposure estimates on a variety of scales, such as (but not limited to) binary assessments of presenc...

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Published in:Annals of Occupational Hygiene Vol. 56; no. 9; pp. 1038 - 1051
Main Authors: Burstyn, Igor, Lavoué, Jérôme, Van Tongeren, Martie
Format: equations & formulas tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Oxford University Press / USA Nov2012
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