A practical guide to dose-response analyses and risk assessment in occupational epidemiology

Epidemiology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 63-70

  Steenland, Kyle ^a,b   Deddens, James A ^b,c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIOXIN;

ARTICLE; CANCER; DOSE RESPONSE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; LIFESPAN; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PARAMETRIC TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; REVIEW;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 1542401163     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ede.0000100287.45004.e7     Document Type: Article

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