Design of Exposure Measurement Surveys and their Statistical Analyses

Occupational Hygiene, Third Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 124-144

  Kromhout, Hans ^a   Van Tongeren, Martie ^b   Burstyn, Igor ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Compliance; Design; Limitations; Measurement; Professional practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889399918     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470755075.ch11     Document Type: Chapter

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