Early retirement due to permanent disability in relation to smoking in workers of the construction industry

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 63-68

  Rothenbacher, Dietrich ^a   Arndt, Volker ^a   Fraisse, Eckart ^a   Zschenderlein, Bernd ^b   Fliedner, Theodor M ^a   Brenner, Hermann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b Occupational Health Service   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BUILDING INDUSTRY; DISABILITY; FOLLOW UP; GERMANY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RETIREMENT; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETIREMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING;

EID: 0031912956     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043764-199801000-00012     Document Type: Article

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