Identification of confounders in the association between self-reported diseases and symptoms and self-rated health in a group of factory workers

Cadernos de Saude Publica

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 983-992

  Höfelmann, Doroteia Aparecida ^a   Blank, Nelson ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO ITAJAÍ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; Health evaluation; Metalmechanic industry; Occupational health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BRAZIL; CHRONIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BACK PAIN; BRAZIL; CHRONIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 43449133863     PISSN: 0102311X     EISSN: 16784464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0102-311X2008000500005     Document Type: Article

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