Reproducibility of retrospective assessment of outdoor time-activity patterns as an individual determinant of long-term ambient ozone exposure

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1258-1271

  Künzli, Nino ^a,b   Kelly, Tom ^c   Balmes, John ^c   Tager, Ira B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OZONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; OZONE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 2642688641     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/26.6.1258     Document Type: Article

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