Occupational epidemiology in the real world: Irving selikoff, odds ratios, and asbestosis

Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 63-64

  Smith, Derek R ^a   Beh, Eric J ^b  

^a Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health ^*  (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; ISONIAZID;

ASBESTOSIS; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; LUNG FIBROSIS; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILICOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84863134321     PISSN: 19338244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19338244.2010.533044     Document Type: Editorial

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