Real-world occupational epidemiology, part 3: An aggregate data analysis of selikoff's "20-year rule"

Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 243-248

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; ASBESTOS FIBER;

AGGREGATE ASSOCIATION INDEX; ASBESTOSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONFIDENTIALITY; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SCIENTIST; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WORKER;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ASBESTOS; ASBESTOSIS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84869065022     PISSN: 19338244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10937404.2012.678766     Document Type: Review

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