The role of Occupational and Environmental Medicine in strengthening the evidence base for occupational health practice

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 570-571

  Sim, Malcolm R ^a   Agius, Raymond ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

ASBESTOSIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MESOTHELIOMA; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; OCCUPATIONAL PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 69949108502     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2009.049379     Document Type: Editorial

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