Registration of work-related diseases, injuries, and complaints in Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 109-114

  Spreeuwers, Dick ^a   Strikwerda, Dagmar C ^b   Weel, Andre N H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Public Health Service   (Netherlands)

^c Netherlands Society of Occupational Medicine   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Accident prevention; Accidents, occupational; Caribbean Region; Health policy; Netherlands Antilles; Occupational health

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ACCIDENT PREVENTION; DATABASE; DISEASE INCIDENCE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH WORKER; INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAFETY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WORKPLACE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS ANTILLES; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; REGISTER; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS ANTILLES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; REGISTRIES; YOUNG ADULT;

ARUBA; BONAIRE; CURACAO; LEEWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES];

EID: 84861364093     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: 16805348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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