Between- and within-observer agreement for expert judgment of peak flow graphs from a working population

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 969-972

  Zock, Jan Paul ^a   Brederode, Daphnis ^a   Heederik, Dick ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FOOD PROCESSING; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LUNG FUNCTION; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; WORKPLACE;

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0031755780     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043764-199811000-00006     Document Type: Article

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