Global estimates of fatal work-related diseases

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 28-41

  Hämäläinen, Päivi ^a   Takala, Jukka ^b   Saarela, Kaija Leena ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b INTERNATIONAL LABOUR OFFICE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Developed country; Developing country; Global estimates; Mortality; Work related diseases

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FATALITY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; RETIREMENT; SEX RATIO; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORK SCHEDULE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 33845881175     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20411     Document Type: Article

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