Morbidity ranking of U.S. workers employed in 206 occupations: The National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) 1986-1994

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 117-134

  Lee, David J ^a   Fleming, Lora E ^a   Gómez Marín, Orlando ^a   LeBlanc, William G ^a   Arheart, Kristopher L ^a   Caban, Alberto J ^a   Christ, Sharon L ^b   Chung Bridges, Katherine ^a   Pitman, Terry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; AIRPLANE PILOT; ARTICLE; BED REST; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTIST; DIETITIAN; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MORBIDITY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHARMACIST; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICIAN; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL WORKER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 32544443010     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jom.0000199520.23232.26     Document Type: Article

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