Estimated burden of disease attributable to selected occupational exposures in the United Arab Emirates

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 940-952

  Folley, Tiina J ^a   Nylander French, Leena A ^a   Joubert, Darren M ^b   Gibson, Jacqueline Macdonald ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b Health Authority Abu Dhabi   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Occupational burden of disease; Occupational exposure assessment; Relative risk; Risk assessment; United Arab Emirates

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; NOISE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RISK; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARCINOGENS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NOISE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RISK; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866153856     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22043     Document Type: Article

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