Self-reported occupational health issues among Lithuanian dentists

Industrial Health

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 369-374

  Puriene, Alina ^a   Aleksejuniene, Jolanta ^b   Petrauskiene, Jadvyga ^c   Balciuniene, Irena ^a   Janulyte, Vilija ^a  

^a VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Allergy; Burn out; Dentists; Musculoskeletal complaints; Occupational hazards; Physical disorders; Self reported physical health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGY; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTIST; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HAND DISEASE; HEADACHE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LITHUANIA; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POSTAL MAIL; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; THORAX PAIN;

ADULT; AGED; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; DENTISTS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LITHUANIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 51849168241     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.46.369     Document Type: Article

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