A system linking occupation history questionnaire data and magnetic field monitoring data

Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 231-252

  Burau, Keith D ^a   Huang, Boji ^b   Whitehead, Lawrence W ^a   Delclos, George M ^a   Downs, Tom D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT); Electromagnetic field; Job exposure matrix; Linkage; Monitoring; Occupational

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HUMAN; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERSONAL MONITORING; QUESTIONNAIRE;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; JOB DESCRIPTION; LEUKEMIA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0031806994     PISSN: 10534245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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