Health issues in journalism and reporting

Occupational Medicine - State of the Art Reviews

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 583-594

  Collins, Janet L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Visionary Medical   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOENGINEERING; COMPUTER TERMINAL; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDER; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MENTAL STRESS; MORTALITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PUBLISHING; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE; VISUAL DISORDER;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA; COMPUTER TERMINALS; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; JOURNALISM; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE; VISION DISORDERS; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 33748977443     PISSN: 0885114X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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