Design and conduct of occupational epidemiology studies: I. design aspects of cohort studies
โ Scribed by Harvey Checkoway; Neil Pearce; John M. Dement
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1989
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 782 KB
- Volume
- 15
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0271-3586
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