Relation between sick leave and selected exposure variables among women semiconductor workers in Malaysia

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 262-270

  Chee, H L ^a   Rampal, K G ^b  

^a Universiti Putra Malaysia   (Malaysia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACOLOGY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MARRIAGE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKER; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MEDICAL LEAVE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SEMICONDUCTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

IRRITANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRRITANTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALAYSIA; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SEMICONDUCTORS; SICK LEAVE;

EID: 0037384123     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.60.4.262     Document Type: Article

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