Assessment of the sensitivity of the relation between current exposure to carbon black and lung function parameters when using different grouping schemes.

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Published in Am J Ind Med on November 01, 1999

Authors

M J van Tongeren1, H Kromhout, K Gardiner, I A Calvert, J M Harrington

Author Affiliations

1: Institute of Occupational Health, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom. M.J.A.Van.Tongeren@bham.ac.uk

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