Sharing the knowledge gained from occupational cohort studies: A call for action

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 444-448

  Behrens, Thomas ^a   Mester, Birte ^a   Fritschi, Lin ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR PREVENTION RESEARCH AND EPIDEMIOLOGY BIPS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR;

ARTICLE; AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; GERMANY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; TESTIS CANCER; WEB BROWSER;

ALGORITHMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; INTERNET; KNOWLEDGE BASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84861188122     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2011-100305     Document Type: Article

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