Epidemiological Research: Terms and Concepts. Miettinen, OS (ed).

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  • Jan van den Broeck
  • Jonathan R Brestoff
چکیده

is generally very good; the problem is with what is missing. This means that while this will serve well as a textbook of occupational health, it may need to be supplemented from other sources in order to serve as a textbook of global occupational health.

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دوره 41  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2012