A study of the health and economic effects of influenza-like illness on the working population under different working environments of a large corporation in Hong Kong

Journal of Medical Economics

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 639-650

  Lee, Kenneth K C ^a   Li, Shu Chuen ^b   Kwong, Kai Sun ^a   Chan, Thomas Y K ^a   Lee, Vivian W Y ^a   Lau, Joseph T F ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Corporation; Cost of flu; Productivity; Work environment

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; ARTICLE; EMPLOYEE; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HONG KONG; INCIDENCE; INDUSTRY; INFECTION RATE; INFLUENZA; POPULATION RESEARCH; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TOURISM; TRAVEL; WORK ENVIRONMENT; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN; PRODUCTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

COMMERCE; COST OF ILLNESS; EFFICIENCY; EMPLOYMENT; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 67449087829     PISSN: 13696998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3111/13696990802533179     Document Type: Article

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