High prevalence of chronic venous disease in hospital employees

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 115, Issue 15-16, 2003, Pages 575-579

  Ziegler, Sophie ^a   Eckhardt, Gerald ^a   Stöger, Rudolf ^a   Machula, Johann ^a   Rüdiger, Hugo W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Chronic venous disease; Hospital employees; Hot humid conditions; Long periods of standing; Occupational risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEAP CLASSIFICATION; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PREVALENCE; PROPHYLAXIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; SAUNA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SPORT; STANDING; SUNBURN; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VEIN DISEASE; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0141794494     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03040451     Document Type: Article

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