Background Retrospective exposure assessment in community-based studies is largely reliant on questionnaire information. Expert assessment is often used to assess lifetime occupational exposures, but ...

Designing Coherent Assessment Programs Effective industrial hygiene programs integrate exposure assessment and analytical quality into coherent systems rather than treating them as separate activities ...

Techniques used in weather forecasting can be repurposed to provide individuals with a personalized assessment of their risk of exposure to COVID-19 or other viruses, according to new research ...

This webinar will describe strategies on the use of direct reading instruments and methods (DRI/M) for hazard identification and exposure assessment in the workplace. DRI/M are often the best tools to ...

A recent American Journal of Epidemiology study reviewed the literature on metal exposure and Parkinson's disease (PD) risk. The goal was also to examine the quality of the overall studies and the ...

Background This paper describes methods developed to assess occupational exposure to pesticide active ingredients and chemical groups, harmonised across cohort studies included in the first AGRICOH ...

The next Beyond Science and Decisions Workshop XI will be held on February 18-20, 2020 in Cincinnati, Ohio, at the Taft Auditorium of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).

Purdue University assistant professor Aaron Specht demonstrates using a portable XRF analyzer to detect levels of lead exposure in bone. Specht has created new noninvasive methods to test dried blood ...