Frequency and assortment of self-reported occupational complaints among Iranian ophthalmologist: A preliminary survey

MedGenMed Medscape General Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2004, Pages

  Chams, Hormoz ^a,b   Mohammadi, Seyed Farzad ^b   Moayyeri, Alireza ^c  

^a Iranian Society of Ophthalmology   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CAREER; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTACT DERMATITIS; CORRELATION FUNCTION; EYE INFECTION; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEADACHE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IRAN; LASER MICROSCOPE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OPHTHALMOLOGY; POSTAL MAIL; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; RETINA SURGERY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGEON; SURGICAL MICROSCOPE; VISUAL DISORDER; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 25144452956     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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