Occupational medical history taking: How are today's physicians doing? A cross-sectional investigation of the frequency of occupational history taking by physicians in a major U.S. teaching center

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 550-555

  Politi, Barry J ^a   Arena, Vincent C ^a   Schwerha, Joseph J ^a,b   Sussman, Nency ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; CANCER; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PHYSICIAN; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; PENNSYLVANIA; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2942614904     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jom.0000128153.79025.e4     Document Type: Review

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