Hospitalisations among seafarers on merchant ships

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 145-150

  Hansen, H L ^a,b   Tuchsen F ^c   Hannerz, H ^c  

^a Medical Office of Health ^*  (Denmark)

^b Medical Office of Health   (Denmark)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PREEMPLOYMENT MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SAILOR; SHIPPING;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DENMARK; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MIDDLE AGED; NAVAL MEDICINE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; SHIPS;

EID: 14544296139     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2004.014779     Document Type: Article

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