The incidence of medically reported work-related ill health in the UK construction industry

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 574-576

  Stocks, S J ^a   McNamee, R ^a   Carder, M ^a   Agius, R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BUILDING INDUSTRY; CONTACT DERMATITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MESOTHELIOMA; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEOPLASM; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PLEURA DISEASE; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SKIN DISEASE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDUSTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 77955616273     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2009.053595     Document Type: Article

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