Decision rule approach applied to estimate occupational lead exposure in a case-control study of kidney cancer

Catherine L Callahan1, Sarah J Locke1, Pamela J Dopart1

  • 1Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland.

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