The incidence of work-related illness in the UK health and social work sector: The Health and Occupation Reporting network 2002-2003

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 262-267

  Walsh, Luke ^a   Turner, Susan ^a   Lines, Sarah ^a   Hussey, Louise ^a   Chen, Yiqun ^a   Agius, Raymond ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health and social work sector; Incidence; Reporting schemes; Surveillance; Work related

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DATA ANALYSIS; EMPLOYEE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL PHYSICIAN; OCCUPATIONAL SKIN DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 26844538110     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqi127     Document Type: Article

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