Exploring new frontiers in occupational epidemiology: the hunter community study (HCS) from australia

Industrial Health

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 244-248

  Smith, Derek R ^a   Attia, John ^b   McEvoy, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Cohort studies; Epidemiology; Exposure; Occupational

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RETIREMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RETIREMENT;

EID: 77952088608     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.48.244     Document Type: Article

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