Validity of epidemiological data in risk assessment applications

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment (HERA)

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 675-683

  Mundt, Kenneth A ^a   Tritschler II, Joseph P ^a   Dell, Linda D ^a  

^a Applied Epidemiology Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Methods; Risk assessment; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 22044432656     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807039891284550     Document Type: Article

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