Chronic venous disease is highly prevalent in hospital employees

Phlebolymphology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 150-155

  Ziegler, Sophie ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Chronic venous disease; Hospital employees; Hot humid conditions; Long periods of standing; Occupational risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; VEIN DISEASE;

EID: 33646130607     PISSN: 12860107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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