Reliability of reported occupational history information for US coal miners, 1969-1977

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 148, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 920-926

  Brower, Patricia S ^a   Attfield, Michael D ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Occupational exposure; Questionnaires; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; COAL MINING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPIROMETRY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032211430     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009718     Document Type: Article

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