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Modeling determinants of working exposures and exposure variability Trask, Catherine; Koehoorn, Mieke; Village, Judy; Teschke, Kay; Johnson, Peter W.

Abstract

Work-related back injuries represent 25% of workplace injuries in British Columbia, and more than a quarter of all back strain claims are from employees in five high-risk industries: forestry, wood and paper products, construction, transportation, and warehousing. Epidemiological studies require data on physical exposures to risk factors from large numbers of individuals in order to observe exposure-response relationships and for the results to be representative and generalizable. Unfortunately, there is a tradeoff between precision and expense, with the most precise measurement methods being too expensive to use in large epidemiological studies. The overall goal of this study is to identify a suite of measurements that afford both precision and cost efficiency for large scale work-site studies of numerous physical exposures across diverse settings and occupations.

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Title
Modeling determinants of working exposures and exposure variability
Creator
Trask, Catherine; Koehoorn, Mieke; Village, Judy; Teschke, Kay; Johnson, Peter W.
Contributor
University of British Columbia. Centre for Health and Environment Research
Date Issued
2006-06
Description
Work-related back injuries represent 25% of workplace injuries in British Columbia, and more than a quarter of all back strain claims are from employees in five high-risk industries: forestry, wood and paper products, construction, transportation, and warehousing. Epidemiological studies require data on physical exposures to risk factors from large numbers of individuals in order to observe exposure-response relationships and for the results to be representative and generalizable. Unfortunately, there is a tradeoff between precision and expense, with the most precise measurement methods being too expensive to use in large epidemiological studies. The overall goal of this study is to identify a suite of measurements that afford both precision and cost efficiency for large scale work-site studies of numerous physical exposures across diverse settings and occupations.
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Subject
Workplace health
Genre
Conference Paper
Type
Text
File Format
application/pdf
Language
eng
Date Available
2008-05-14
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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All rights reserved
DOI
10.14288/1.0048216
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/837
Affiliation
Environmental Health (SOEH), School of; Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, School of; Medicine, Faculty of; Population and Public Health (SPPH), School of
Citation
Presented at the 19th International Conference on Industrial, Engineering & Other Applications of Applied Intelligent Systems (IEA/AIE'06). Annecy, France. June 27-30, 2006.
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty
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