A graphical tool to evaluate temporal coverage of occupational history by exposure measurements

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 636-638

  Vlaanderen, Jelle ^a   Fransman, Wouter ^b   Miller, Brian ^c   Burstyn, Igor ^d   Heederik, Dick ^a   Hurley, Fintan ^c   Vermeulen, Roel ^a   Kromhout, Hans ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

^c Institute for Occupational Medicine   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE;

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EXPOSURE VARIABLE; LEUKEMIA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; WORKPLACE;

AUSTRALIA; BENZENE; CANADA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; EMPLOYMENT; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PETROLEUM;

EID: 77956641219     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2009.053421     Document Type: Article

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