The healthy worker effect in US chemical industry workers

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 40-44

  Burns, C J ^a   Bodner, K M ^a   Jammer, B L ^a   Collins, J J ^a   Swaen, G M H ^a  

^a DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical industry; Epidemiology; Health promotion; Healthy worker effect; Occupational health; Smoking

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650607834     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqq168     Document Type: Article

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