Inter-rater agreement of assessed prenatal maternal occupational exposures to lead

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 76, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 811-824

  Correa, Adolfo ^a,b,g   Min, Yuan I ^a,c   Stewart, Patricia Ann ^d   Lees, Peter S J ^e   Breysse, Patrick ^e   Dosemeci, Mustafa ^d   Jackson, Leila W ^a,f  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER ON BIRTH DEFECTS AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e The Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^f CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Inter rater agreement; Occupational exposure assessment; Prenatal lead exposure; Reliability

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; KAPPA STATISTICS; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; OBSERVER VARIATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; OBSERVER VARIATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33751171265     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: 15420760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.20311     Document Type: Article

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