The need for improved surveillance of occupational disease and injury

JAMA

Volumn 303, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 981-982

  Wolfe, Daniel ^a   Fairchild, Amy L ^b  

^a OPEN SOCIETY FOUNDATIONS   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INCIDENT REPORT; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL STAFF; NOTE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL WELFARE; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKMAN COMPENSATION; WORKPLACE; ARTICLE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISTORY; INJURY; MANDATORY REPORTING; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POLICY; UNITED STATES;

HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MANDATORY REPORTING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC POLICY; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 77949321674     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2010.248     Document Type: Note

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