Why the workplace and cardiovascular disease?

Occupational Medicine - State of the Art Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-5

  Schnall, Peter ^a   Belkić, Karen ^a   Landsbergis, Paul ^a   Baker, Dean ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; LIFESTYLE; MORBIDITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CHANGE; WORKPLACE;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; LIFE STYLE; MORBIDITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CHANGE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0345939660     PISSN: 0885114X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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