Exposure assessment in epidemiological studies: What has to be considered when comparing job-exposure matrices?

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 850-

  Behrens, Thomas ^a   Taeger, Dirk ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

HUMAN; LETTER; MESOTHELIOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WELDING FUME;

CARCINOGENS, ENVIRONMENTAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 84867712863     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2012-101051     Document Type: Letter

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