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Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene Volume 9, 2012 - Issue 4
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Effect of Training on Exposure Judgment Accuracy of Industrial Hygienists

Monika Vadali Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Gurumurthy Ramachandran Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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John R Mulhausen 3M Company, St. Paul, Minnesota
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Sudipto Banerjee Division of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Pages 242-256 | Published online: 30 Mar 2012

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