National standard for health assessment of rail safety workers: The first year

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 187, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 394-397

  Mina, Reem ^a,b   Casolin, Armand ^c  

^a Quality Occupational Health   (Australia)

^b Health and Safety Branch   (Australia)

^c RailCorp Track Engineering   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COLOR VISION DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; ORTHOPEDICS; PREVALENCE; RAILWAY EMPLOYEE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SMOKING; STANDARD; AGED; HEALTH STATUS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; RAILWAY; WORK CAPACITY;

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS INDEX; COLOR VISION DEFECTS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RAILROADS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SMOKING; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION;

EID: 38449107832     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2007.tb01309.x     Document Type: Article

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