A novel approach to data collection in a case-control study of cancer and occupational exposures

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 744-752

  Stewart, Patricia A ^a   Stewart, Walter F ^b   Heineman, Ellen F ^a   Dosemeci, Mustafa ^a   Linet, Martha ^a   Inskip, Peter D ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Case control studies; Exposure assessment; Job histories; Occupational risk; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; STANDARDIZATION; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0029782539     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/25.4.744     Document Type: Article

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