Quality control for exposure assessment in epidemiological studies

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 287-293

  Bornkessel, C ^a   Blettner, M ^b   Breckenkamp, J ^c   Berg Beckhoff, G ^c  

^a IMST GMBH   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD;

ALGORITHMS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; GERMANY; HUMANS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77954745707     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncq112     Document Type: Article

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