Feasibility and acceptability of workers' health surveillance for fire fighters

Safety and Health at Work

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 218-228

  Plat, Marie Christine J ^a   Frings Dresen, Monique H W ^a   Sluiter, Judith K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Feasibility studies; Occupational health

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875211733     PISSN: 20937911     EISSN: 20937997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5491/SHAW.2011.2.3.218     Document Type: Article

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