Assessing dose-response relationships by cumulative exposures in epidemiological studies

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 217-220

  Axelson, Olav ^a   Forastiere, Francesco ^b   Frederickson, Mats ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Rome E Health Authority   (Italy)

Author keywords

Causality; Concentration; Duration; Epidemiologic design; Exposure; Intensity; models

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; DOSE RESPONSE; EVALUATION; EXPOSURE VARIABLE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARAMETER; RISK FACTOR;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGIC FACTORS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33847650073     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20377     Document Type: Article

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