Examination of potential sources of bias in the US Coal Workers' Health Surveillance Program

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 165-170

  Scott Laney, A ^a   Attfield, Michael D ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACOSIS; COAL MINING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL BIAS; TIME; UNITED STATES; ARTICLE;

ANTHRACOSIS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COAL MINING; HUMANS; NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH (U.S.); POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84891699381     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.301051     Document Type: Article

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