The primary care practitioner and the diagnosis of occupational diseases

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Cegolon, Luca ^a,b   Lange, John H ^c   Mastrangelo, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ENVIROSAFE TRAINING AND CONSULTANTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE;

HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE;

EID: 77954334459     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-405     Document Type: Review

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