Contribution of health status and prevalent chronic disease to individual risk for workplace injury in the manufacturing environment

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 159-166

  Kubo, Jessica ^a   Goldstein, Benjamin A ^a   Cantley, Linda F ^b   Tessier Sherman, Baylah ^b   Galusha, Deron ^b   Slade, Martin D ^b   Chu, Isabella M ^a   Cullen, Mark R ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; JOB EXPERIENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETES; HEART DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENTS;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; ASTHMA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INDUSTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; WORK; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84893640002     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2013-101653     Document Type: Article

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