Occupational physical activity and mortality among Danish workers

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 305-310

  Holtermann, Andreas ^a   Burr, Hermann ^a   Hansen, Jørgen V ^a   Krause, Niklas ^b   Søgaard, Karen ^a,c   Mortensen, Ole S ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

All cause mortality; Occupational health; Physical work demands

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862687522     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-011-0668-x     Document Type: Article

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