Certification of occupational diseases as common diseases in a primary health care setting

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 176-180

  Benavides, Fernando G ^a   Castejón, Jordi ^b   Gimeno, David ^a   Porta, Miquel ^c   Mestres, Jordi ^d   Simonet, Pere ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT CATALÀ DE LA SALUT   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d GENERALITAT DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Occupational medical practice; Social security protection; Validity study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CERTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH STATISTICS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SICK LEAVE;

EID: 13244256896     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20128     Document Type: Review

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