Absence of relation between sick leave caused by musculoskeletal disorders and exposure to magnetic fields in an aluminum plant

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 37-43

  Moen, Bente E ^a   Drablos, Per Arne ^b   Pedersen, Svein ^b   Sjøen, Malvin ^b   Thommesen, Georg ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN RADIATION PROTECTION AUTHORITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cohort; Electrolysis; Pot room; Sick leave

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM PLANTS; DISEASES; ELECTROLYSIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PLANTS (BOTANY);

COHORT; ELECTROLYSIS PLANTS; MAGNETIC-FIELD; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POT ROOM; REFERENCE GROUP; SICK LEAVE; STATIC MAGNETIC FIELDS; WORKERS';

MAGNETIC FIELDS;

ALUMINUM;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HUMAN; MEDICAL LEAVE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NORWAY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; RISK; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALUMINUM; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; NORWAY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; RADIATION INJURIES; SICK LEAVE;

EID: 2842589193     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-186X(1996)17:1<37::AID-BEM5>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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