Current Issues in Occupational Epidemiology
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Dr. Berendes has necessarily taken a selective approach to his review of current issues in perinatal epidemiology. I congratulate him on his selection of issues; indeed, I find I have embarrassingly little to disagree with in Dr. Berendes's presentation. My comments, therefore, will attempt to expand discussion in three areas: (1) to consider briefly some reporting and administrative requiremen...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
سال: 1989
ISSN: 0141-0768,1758-1095
DOI: 10.1177/014107688908200527