Self-reported health problems among Swedish miners one year after unemployment

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 297-301

  Friis, L ^a   Carter, N ^a   Edling, C ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Health; Miners; Musculoskeletal; Neuropsychiatric; Occupational; Respiratory; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SWEDEN; UNEMPLOYMENT; VASOSPASM;

ADULT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; SWEDEN; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 0031902175     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/48.5.297     Document Type: Article

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