The challenges of occupational health service centers in Japan

Industrial Health

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 140-143

  Hino, Yoshiyuki ^a   Kan, Hirohiko ^a,b   Minami, Makiko ^b   Takada, Mikio ^a   Shimokubo, Nana ^a   Nagata, Tomoaki ^a   Kurita, Masako ^a   Uchida, Kazuhiko ^a   Mori, Koji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b Nishinihon Occupational Health Service Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Occupational health; Occupational Health Service Centers; Small scale enterprises

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSULTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROMOTION; JAPAN; LAW; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OCCUPATIONAL PHYSICIAN; PERIODIC MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SMALL SCALE ENTERPRISE;

INDUSTRY; JAPAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 33644524745     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.44.140     Document Type: Conference Paper

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