Voice problems experienced by Finnish comprehensive school teachers and realization of occupational health care

Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 166-171

  Smolander, Sini ^a,b   Huttunen, Kerttu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Professional voice user; Speech therapy; Survey; Symptom; Voice disorder; Voice therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OCCUPATIONAL PHYSICIAN; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SCHOOL; SPEECH DISORDER; SPEECH THERAPY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TEACHER;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FACULTY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPEECH THERAPY; VOICE DISORDERS; VOICE TRAINING;

EID: 33751228720     PISSN: 14015439     EISSN: 16512022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14015430600576097     Document Type: Article

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