Health status of professional divers and offshore oil industry workers

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 254-261

  Ross, John A S ^a   Macdiarmid, Jennifer I ^a   Osman, Liesl M ^a   Watt, Stephen J ^a   Godden, David J ^a   Lawson, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diving; Health status; Occupation; Quality of life; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONCENTRATION LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIVER; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETIREMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYMPTOM; UNITED KINGDOM; WORK DISABILITY;

ABSENTEEISM; DIVING; EXTRACTION AND PROCESSING INDUSTRY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PETROLEUM; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 34447642016     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqm005     Document Type: Article

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