Stroke morbidity in professional drivers in Denmark 1981-1990

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 989-994

  Tüchsen, Finn ^a  

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

Author keywords

Cohort study; Hospitalization; Professional driver; Record linkage; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY RISK; DENMARK; DRIVER; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MORBIDITY; OCCUPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; STANDARDIZATION; STROKE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DENMARK; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 1842330851     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/26.5.989     Document Type: Article

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