Title: Thinking One Step Ahead: Strategies to Strengthen Epidemiological Data for Use in Risk Assessment
Carrie Arnold is a freelance science writer living in Virginia. Her work has appeared in Scientific American, Discover, New Scientist, Smithsonian, and more.
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Citation: Arnold C. 2014. Thinking one step ahead: strategies to strengthen epidemiological data for use in risk assessment. Environ Health Perspect 122:A311; http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.122-A311
News Topics: Research Issues and Initiatives, Risk Assessment
Published: 1 November 2014
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