A call to action: Epidemiologists assert themselves with scientific data

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 167-170

  Weiss, Stanley H ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

CONSENSUS; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; LEGAL ASPECT; MANAGEMENT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; STANDARD;

ASBESTOS; CONSENSUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POLICY MAKING;

EID: 84867044567     PISSN: 10773525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1077352512Z.00000000039     Document Type: Editorial

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