Hospitalizations among employees in the Danish hotel and restaurant industry

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 192-197

  Hannerz, Harald ^a   Tüchsen, Finn ^a   Kristensen, Tage S ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cooks; Hospitalization; Inequality in health; Surveillance system; Waiters

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CATERING SERVICE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; LEG INJURY; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PARASITOSIS; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; DENMARK; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RESTAURANTS;

EID: 0036740706     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/12.3.192     Document Type: Article

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