Applying epidemiology to adjudication

Occupational Medicine - State of the Art Reviews

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 303-314

  Guidotti, Tee L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HEALTHY WORKER EFFECT; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 33748959383     PISSN: 0885114X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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