Epidemiology, public health, and false-positive results: The role of the clinicians and pathologists

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Cetta, Francesco ^a   Benoni, Simona ^a   Zangari, Rosalia ^a   Guercio, Valentina ^a   Monti, Massimo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b PAT Geriatric Institute   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; LUNG CANCER; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PROCEDURES;

DATA COLLECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 77953234031     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1002047     Document Type: Note

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