The burden of mortality with costs in productivity loss from occupational cancer in Italy

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1272-1279

  Binazzi, Alessandra ^a   Scarselli, Alberto ^a   Marinaccio, Alessandro ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Healthcare costs; Indirect costs; Occupational cancer; Public health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COST; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTHCARE COSTS; HUMAN; INDIRECT COSTS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PRODUCTIVITY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

HEALTHCARE COSTS; INDIRECT COSTS; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADULT; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES;

EID: 84885869507     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22224     Document Type: Article

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