Interpretation of epidemiological studies with modestly elevated relative risks

What Risk?

Volumn , Issue , 1997, Pages 191-200

  Pershagen, Göran ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

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EID: 84940869118     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-08-052100-8.50016-6     Document Type: Chapter

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