Do you come to work with a respiratory tract infection?

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 424-

  Gudgeon, P ^a   Wells, D A ^b   Baerlocher, M O ^a   Detsky, Allan S ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL LEAVE; MEDICAL STAFF; MEDICAL STUDENT; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENT; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; WORK; WORKLOAD;

ABSENTEEISM; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; PHYSICIAN IMPAIRMENT; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SICK LEAVE; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 67649124666     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2008.043927     Document Type: Letter

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