Screening and management of the workplace for CVD risk

Occupational Medicine - State of the Art Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 231-256

  Nowack, Kenneth M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BURNOUT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; WORK; WORKPLACE;

BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; JOB DESCRIPTION; MASS SCREENING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0012593963     PISSN: 0885114X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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