Conformity of workers' and occupational health physicians' descriptions of working conditions

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 10-17

  Hays, Michèle ^a   Saurel Cubizolles, Marie Josèphe ^a   Bourgine, Madeleine ^a   Touranchet, Annie ^b   Verge, Christian ^c   Kaminski, Monique ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b Inspection médicale du travail des Pays de la Loire   (France)

^c Bretagne   (France)

Author keywords

Communication; Informant bias; Judgment; Working conditions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345331984     PISSN: 10773525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/oeh.1996.2.1.10     Document Type: Article

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