Health examination for preventing occupational injuries and disease in workers

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Mahmud, Norashikin ^a   Schonstein, Eva ^a   Lehtola, Marika M ^b   Verbeek, Jos H ^b   Fassier, Jean Baptiste ^c   Reneman, Michiel F ^d   De Bie, Rob ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^e MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; DATA EXTRACTION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVENTION STUDY; JOB FINDING; JOB PERFORMANCE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL LEAVE; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREEMPLOYMENT MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PREVENTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 55049140593     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007290     Document Type: Review

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