Effects of smog on absenteeism in forestry workers

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 34-41

  Van Charante, Anton W Moll ^a   Mulder, Paul G ^b  

^a Occup Health and Safety Service RBB   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; AIR MONITORING; AIR QUALITY; AIR TEMPERATURE; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; FORESTRY; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOG;

ABSENTEEISM; AIR POLLUTANTS; COHORT STUDIES; FORESTRY; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; OZONE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOG; SULFATES;

EID: 13344261984     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00039896.1996.9935991     Document Type: Article

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