INTER-RATER AGREEMENT IN THE ASSESSMENT OF SOLVENT EXPOSURE AT A CAR ASSEMBLY PLANT
| Autor: | Kent Oestenstad, Maurizio Macaluso, Vernon E. Rose, Jimmy L. Perkins, Elizabeth Delzell |
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| Rok vydání: | 1993 |
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Observer Variation
Reproducibility Correlation coefficient Chemistry Concordance Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Cumulative Exposure Toxicology Inter-rater reliability chemistry.chemical_compound Occupational Exposure Paint Statistics Solvents Low exposure Humans Occupational exposure Solvent exposure Automobiles Retrospective Studies |
| Zdroj: | American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal. 54:351-359 |
| ISSN: | 0002-8894 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/15298669391354801 |
| Popis: | This study investigated the feasibility and the reproducibility of a retrospective assessment of solvent exposure in the painting operations of a car assembly plant. Five industrial hygienists (the raters) reviewed summary documents on plant operations and solvent exposure levels, developed from plant records and interviews. The raters independently reviewed 695 department-job-year combinations compiled from 29 work histories and used semi-quantitative scores to rate solvent exposure. Inter-rater agreement was evaluated by computing the percent concordance index and the intraclass correlation coefficient (rI). There was discordance among raters, a large proportion of which pertained to low exposure levels (1-5 ppm). The computation of the rI is sensitive to the distribution of exposure levels. A low rI can be observed for a rare exposure even if the percent concordance is high. Inter-rater agreement was good for cumulative exposure scores computed for frequent exposures: coatings (rI = 0.67), aromatic hydrocarbons (rI = 0.66), and petroleum distillates (rI = 0.62). |
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