Older workers in the construction industry: Results of a routine health examination and a five year follow up

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 686-691

  Arndt, Volker ^a   Rothenbacher, Dietrich ^a   Brenner, Hermann ^a   Fraisse, Eckart ^b   Zschenderlein, Bernd ^c   Daniel, Ulrich ^c   Schuberth, Stephan ^c   Fliedner, Theodor M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b Vocational Rehabilitation Center   (Germany)

^c Workmen's Compensation Board for Construction Workers Wuerttemberg   (Germany)

Author keywords

Construction workers; Disability; Early retirement; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCTION WORK; DISABILITY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0029851854     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.53.10.686     Document Type: Article

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