Smoking habits and occupational disability: A cohort study of 14 483 construction workers

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 84-90

  Claessen, Heiner ^a   Arndt, Volker ^a   Drath, Christoph ^b   Brenner, Hermann ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b Workmen's Compensation Board for Construction Workers   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONSTRUCTION WORK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOLLOW UP; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEOPLASM; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SMOKING HABIT; WORK DISABILITY; WORKER;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DISABILITY EVALUATION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; SMOKING;

EID: 76249113330     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2009.046318     Document Type: Article

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