Design of Exposure Questionnaires for Epidemiological Studies

Overview

Journal Occup Environ Med

Specialties Environmental Health
Occupational Medicine

Date 2005 Mar 22

PMID 15778263

Citations 22

Authors

M J Nieuwenhuijsen

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