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Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene Volume 17, 2002 - Issue 6
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A Qualitative Evaluation of Questions and Responses from Five Occupational Questionnaires Developed to Assess Exposures

Patricia Stewart Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland
,
Carol Rice University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
,
Paul Beatty National Center on Health Statistics, Hyattsville, Maryland
,
Barbara Wilson National Center on Health Statistics, Hyattsville, Maryland
,
Walter Stewart Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
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Aaron Blair Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland
Pages 444-453 | Published online: 30 Nov 2010

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