World at work: Truck drivers

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 291-295

  Van Der Beek, Allard J ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAR DRIVER; CHEMICAL ACCIDENT; ERGONOMICS; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; WORKLOAD;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; HUMANS; MOTOR VEHICLES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; WORK;

EID: 84858075803     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2011-100342     Document Type: Review

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