When to be skeptical of negative studies: Pitfalls in evaluating occupational risks using population-based case-control studies

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 138-142

  Hu, Suh Woan ^a   Hertz Picciotto, Irva ^a   Siemiatycki, Jack ^b  

^a IL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER STATISTICS; CARCINOGENICITY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; POPULATION RESEARCH;

EID: 0033067621     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03404118     Document Type: Article

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