Preventive effectiveness of pre-employment medical assessments

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-6

  De Kort, Wim ^a   Van Dijk, Frank ^b,c  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

pre employment health assessment; preventive effectiveness; risk avoidance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0031045934     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.54.1.1     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. Van Dijk FJH, De Kort WLAM, Verbeek JHAM. Quality assessment of occupational health services instruments. Occup Med 1993;43(suppl 1):S28-33.
2. Whitaker S, Aw TC. Audit of pre-employment assessments by occupational health departments in the National Health Service. Occup Med 1995;45:75-80.
3. Hendriks A, Gevers JKM. (Pre-)employment medical examinations and the law, with particular reference to the European Union. European Journal of Health Law 1994; 1:229-64.
4. Wilson JMG, Jungner G. Principles and practice of screening for disease. Geneva: World Health Organisation, 1968. (Public health papers 34.)
5. Halperin WE, Ratcliffe J, Frazier TF, Wilson L, Becker SP, Schulte PA. Medical screening in the workplace: proposed principles. J Occup Med 1986;28:547-52.
6. Atherley G. Human rights versus occupational medicine. Int J Health Serv 1983;13:265-75.
7. Hogan JC, Bernacki EJ. Developing job-related preplacement medical examinations. J Occup Med 1981;23: 469-76.
8. Schilling RSF. The role of medical examination in protecting worker health. J Occup Med 1986;28:553-7.
9. Cox RAF, Edwards FC. Introduction. In: Cox RAF, Edwards FC, McCallum RI, eds. Fitness for work. The medical aspects. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1995.
10. Harber P, Herzstein J. Impairment and disability. Considerations of susceptible populations. In: Rosenstock L, Cullen MR, eds. Textbook of clinical occupational and environmental medicine. Philadelphia, WB Saunders, 1994.
11. Rothstein MA. Medical screening of workers. Washington, DC: Bureau of National Affairs, 1984.
12. International Commission on Occupational Health. International code of ethics for occupational health professionals. Singapore: International Commission on Occupational Health, 1992.
13. Hauptverband der gewerblichen Berufsgenossenschaften Arbeitsmedizinische Vorsorgeuntersuchungen bei Einwirkung krebserzeugender Arbeitsstoffe. Arbeitsmedizin Sozialmedizin Pràventivmedizin 1982;17:228-35.
14. Health and Safety Executive. Pre-employment health screening. London: HSE, 1982. (Guidance note MS20.)
15. International Labour Organisation. Convention concerning occupational health services. Geneva: ILO, 1985. (Convention 161.)
16. International Labour Organisation. Recommendation concerning occupational health services. Geneva: ILO, 1985. (Recommendation 171.)
17. World Health Organization. Early detection of occupational diseases. Geneva: WHO, 1986:1-5.
18. KNMG (Royal Dutch Medical Association). Een protocol ten behoeve van werkgevers en arbodiensten betrokken bij aanstellingskeuringen. (A protocol for the benefit of employers and occupational health services involved in pre-employment medical assessments). Utrecht, the Netherlands: KNMG, 1995.
19. De Kort WLAM, Fransman LG, Van Dijk FJH. Preemployment medical examinations in a large occupational health service. Scand J Work Environ Health 1991; 17:392-7.
20. De Kort WLAM, Post Uiterweer HW, Van Dijk FJH. Agreement on fitness for a job. Scand J Work Environ Health 1992;18:246-51.
21. Kleinbaum DG, Kupper LL, Morgenstern H. Epidemiological research. Principles and quantitative methods. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1982.