The occupational health field in the Cochrane Collaboration

Industrial Health

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 8-12

  Verbeek, Jos ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cochrane Collaboration; Intervention studies; Methodology; Systematic reviews

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFERENCE PAPER; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW LITERATURE;

EID: 33846854674     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.45.8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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