Loss of statistical power associated with the use of a job-exposure matrix in occupational case-control studies

Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1991, Pages 508-515

  Dewar, Ronald ^a   Siemiatycki, Jack ^a,b   Gérinc, Michel ^c  

^a INRS INSTITUT ARMAND FRAPPIER   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLASSIFICATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; STATISTICS; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0025760771     PISSN: 1047322X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1047322X.1991.10387920     Document Type: Article

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