Current view of epidemiologic study designs for occupational and environmental lung diseases

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 108, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2000, Pages 615-623

  Tager, I B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Case control studies; Case crossover studies; Cohort studies; Epidemiologic methods

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISEASE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; TIME;

EID: 0033824423     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.00108s4615     Document Type: Article

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