Illness absence at an oil refinery and petrochemical plant

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 455-462

  Tsai, Shan P ^a   Gilstrap, Elizabeth L ^a   Colangelo, Terri A ^a   Kirk Menard, A ^a   Ross, Charles E ^a  

^a SHELL OIL COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OBESITY; OIL INDUSTRY; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; PROPHYLAXIS; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; WORKING TIME;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDUSTRIAL OILS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SICK LEAVE; STATISTICS; TEXAS;

EID: 0031002396     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043764-199705000-00012     Document Type: Article

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