Personal health-risk predictors of occupational injury among 3415 municipal employees

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 515-521

  Forrester, Brian G ^a   Weaver, Michael T ^c   Brown, Kathleen C ^c   Phillips, Jennan A ^c   Hilyer, James C ^b,d  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d City Birmingham Hlth Fitness Ctr   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CORONARY RISK; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; RISK; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; ALABAMA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING;

EID: 0029864022     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043764-199605000-00012     Document Type: Article

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