Examination of Potential Sources of Bias in the US Coal Workers' Health Surveillance Program.
Objectives. We examined the potential influences of certain selection factors on the utility of the Coal Workers' Health Surveillance Program (CWHSP) data for tracking disease distribution and trends. Methods. We combined data from the CWHSP and the Energy Information Administration to examine any i...
| Publicado en: | American Journal of Public Health Vol. 104; no. 1; pp. 165 - 171 |
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