Computer simulation of industrial hazards1
AUTOR(ES)
Knox, E. G.
RESUMO
Knox, E. G. (1973).Brit. J. industr. Med.,30, 54-63. Computer simulation of industrial hazards. A computer simulation system for a range of industrial hazards provided for model experiments which manipulated (a) the sub-structure of an exposed population in terms of age-distributions and levels of exposure, (b) the nature of the dose/response relationship, (c) the latent interval and its variability, (d) normal life-table expectations, and (e) employment turnover rates. The development of the system led to clarification of terms and concepts with ambiguous current usages, notably in relation to latency. Distinction is made between the notions of `biological' and `observable' latent intervals.
