Simultaneous Assessment of Occupational Exposures form Multiple Worker Groups

摘要

The methods developed by Rappaport et al. [Ann. Occup. Hyg. 39 (1995)469] and Lyles et al. [J. Agri. Bio. Environ. Stat. 2(1997a) 64; Ann. Occup. Hyg. 41(1997b) 63]) for assessing workplace exposures on a group-by-group basis are extended to allow for the simultaneous assessment of data from multiple worker groups within the same industry. These extended methods allow models to be fit simultaneously to data on all groups in a study, even when some of the groups might not contribute adequate information to be modeled separately.