Screening for pre-diabetes and diabetes in the workplace

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 41-45

  Oberlinner, Christoph ^a   Neumann, Sabine M ^a   Ott, M Gerald ^b   Zober, Andreas ^a  

^a BASF SE   (Germany)

^b BASF CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging workforce; Diabetes; Pre diabetes; Workplace health promotion

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET RESTRICTION; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREDIABETIC STATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; WORKPLACE;

EID: 37849052300     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqm129     Document Type: Article

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