ELPAT Program Report: Background and current status (October, 1997)

American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 86-89

  Esche, Curtis A ^a   Groff, Jensen H ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL; LEAD; PAINT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LABORATORY; SOIL; ACCREDITATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; LEAD POISONING; MULTICENTER STUDY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ACCREDITATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; LEAD POISONING; PAINT; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SOIL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031990483     PISSN: 00028894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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