Sources of uncertainty in dose-response modeling of epidemiological data for cancer risk assessment

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 895, Issue , 1999, Pages 212-222

  Stayner, Leslie ^a   Bailer, A John ^a   Smith, Randall ^a   Gilbert, Stephen ^a   Rice, Faye ^a   Kuempel, Eileen ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; CADMIUM;

CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA ANALYSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EXHAUST GAS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 0033403981     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1999.tb08087.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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