Selecting appropriate study designs to address specific research questions in occupational epidemiology

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 633-638

  Checkoway, Harvey ^a,b   Pearce, Neil ^c   Kriebel, David ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 34548353952     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2006.029967     Document Type: Short Survey

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