Health surveillance of truck drivers: It is not just a question of drugs. Description of a one-year experience;La sorveglianza sanitaria degli autisti: Non è solo un problema di sostanze stupefacenti. Descrizione di un'esperienza

Medicina del Lavoro

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 207-217

  Riva, M M ^a   Marchetti, R A ^b   Giupponi, V ^b   Mosconi, G ^a  

^a OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

^b Ente Bilaterale Trasporti e Logistica di Bergamo ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Fitness to work; Truck drivers; Work related diseases

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; HUMAN; MOTOR VEHICLE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH;

ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; HUMANS; MOTOR VEHICLES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH;

EID: 77954939163     PISSN: 00257818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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