Diagnosing and reporting of occupational diseases: A quality improvement study

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 115-121

  Spreeuwers, D ^a   De Boer, A G E M ^a   Verbeek, J H A M ^a,b   Van Beurden, M M ^a   Van Dijk, F J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Occupational diseases; Quality assessment; Registration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOISE INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; OCCUPATIONAL DEAFNESS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION;

ADJUSTMENT DISORDERS; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; MALE; MANDATORY REPORTING; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 40349114623     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqm146     Document Type: Article

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