A survey of laboratory and statistical issues related to farmworker exposure studies

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 961-968

  Barr, Dana B ^a   Landsittel, Doug ^b   Nishioka, Marcia ^c   Thomas, Kent ^d   Curwin, Brian ^e   Raymer, James ^f   Donnelly, Kirby C ^g   McCauley, Linda ^h   Ryan, P Barry ⁱ  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

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

^f RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^g TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

ⁱ EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytical methodology; Biomarkers; Laboratory; Limit of detection; Omics; Quality control; Sample size; Statistics

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNAL VALIDITY; LABORATORY TEST; MATERIALS HANDLING; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGRICULTURE; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33745044697     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.8528     Document Type: Article

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