Do costs matter in occupational health?

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 707-708

  Burdorf, Alex ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH HAZARD; INCOME; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RHINITIS; WORK DISABILITY; WORKPLACE;

HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMIC; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 80052957545     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2011-100269     Document Type: Editorial

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