Cross-country truck drivers: A vulnerable population

Nursing Outlook

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 164-168

  Renner, Debby A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL INDIGENCY; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; TRANSPORTATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032113747     PISSN: 00296554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-6554(98)90068-9     Document Type: Article

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