U.S. Women physicians' residential radon testing practices

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 49-53

  Baldwin, Grant ^a,d   Frank, Erica ^b,c   Fielding, Brooke ^c  

^a Agy for Toxic Substances and D   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Agy Toxic Substances Dis Registry   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FEMALE PHYSICIAN; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS, WOMEN; RADON; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SAMPLING STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032126557     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-3797(98)00030-0     Document Type: Article

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