Prevalence and changes in chronic diseases among South Korean farmers: 1998 to 2005

BMC Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Cha, Eun Shil ^a   Kong, Kyoung Ae ^a   Moon, Eun Kyeong ^a   Lee, Won Jin ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED GROUPS BY OCCUPATION; POPULATION DIFFERENTIATION; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH KOREA; AGRICULTURE; ETHNOLOGY; KOREA; NUTRITION;

AGRICULTURE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 70349107260     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-268     Document Type: Article

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