Stroke among male professional drivers in Denmark, 1994-2003

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 456-460

  Tuchsen F ^a   Hannerz, H ^a   Roepstorff, C ^a   Krause, N ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CAR DRIVER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; STROKE; URBAN AREA;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 33745641676     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2005.025718     Document Type: Article

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