Data elements for occupational exposure databases: Guidelines and recommendations for airborne hazards and noise

Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1294-1311

  Lippmann, Morton ^a   Gomez, Manuel R ^a   Rawls, Gregorie M ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; NOISE POLLUTION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029911945     PISSN: 1047322X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1047322X.1996.10389417     Document Type: Article

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