Self-assessed versus expert-assessed occupational exposures

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 144, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 521-527

  Fritschi, Lin ^a   Siemiatycki, Jack ^a   Richardson, Lesley ^a  

^a INRS INSTITUT ARMAND FRAPPIER   (Canada)

Author keywords

epidemiologic methods; occupational exposure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SELF EVALUATION;

EID: 0029837357     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a008959     Document Type: Article

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