Exposure Assessment

Molecular Epidemiology of Chronic Diseases

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 83-96

  Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Analysis of variance (ANOVA) models; Atmospheric dispersion modelling system (ADMS); Cumulative exposure index; Deterministic modelling and stochastic modelling; Exposure assessment strategy; Exposure pathways and routes; Exposure disease associations; Regression modelling; Regression techniques and SAVIAH study

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863408697     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470725726.ch7     Document Type: Chapter

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