Optimizing cost-efficiency in mean exposure assessment - Cost functions reconsidered

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Mathiassen, Svend Erik ^a   Bolin, Kristian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÄVLE   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 79956223695     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-11-76     Document Type: Article

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