Working conditions in international seafaring

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 393-397

  Jensen, Olaf C ^a   Sørensen, Jens F L ^a   Thomas, Michelle ^b   Canals, M Luisa ^c   Nikolic, Nebojsa ^d   Hu, Yunping ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Instituto Social de la Marina   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF RIJEKA   (Croatia)

^e FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Occupational; Seafarer; Self rated health; Working condition

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SHIPPING; SOCIAL LIFE; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKING TIME; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NAVAL MEDICINE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 33749615723     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kql038     Document Type: Article

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