Occurrence of frostbite in the general population - Work-related and individual factors

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 384-393

  Mäkinen, Tiina M ^a   Jokelainen, Jari ^a,b   Näyhä, Simo ^a,c   Laatikainen, Tiina ^d   Jousilahti, Pekka ^d   Hassi, Juhani ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^d NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cold exposure; Cold injury; Health; Occupation; Physical strain; Population

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION DENSITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SKIN DISORDER; WORKING CONDITIONS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; COLD INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; FISHERMAN; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JOB STRESS; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PHYSICAL STRESS; POPULATION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COLD EXPOSURE; EMPLOYMENT; FROSTBITE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; INDIVIDUALITY; MORBIDITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; AGE; COMORBIDITY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FINLAND; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE;

ANGINA;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; COMORBIDITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FINLAND; FROSTBITE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 70349910007     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: 1795990X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.1349     Document Type: Article

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