Building an evidence base for occupational health interventions

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 164-168

  Verbeek, Jos ^a,b   Husman, Kaj ^a   van Dijk, Frank ^b   Jauhiainen, Merja ^a   Pasternack, Iris ^c   Vainio, Harri ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Evidence based medicine; Intervention studies; Occupational health services; Occupational medicine; Systematic reviews

Indexed keywords

OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

COCHRANE LIBRARY; DISABILITY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH HAZARD; HOME; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WORKER; WORKPLACE;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; RESEARCH DESIGN; REVIEW LITERATURE;

EID: 2342439709     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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