Using O*NET to estimate the association between work exposures and chronic diseases

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1022-1031

  Dembe, Allard E ^a   Yao, Xiaoxi ^a   Wickizer, Thomas M ^a   Shoben, Abigail B ^a   Dong, Xiuwen ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The Center for Construction Research and Training   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Chronic disease; Musculoskeletal; NET; NLSY; O; Occupational exposure; Osteoarthritis

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

CHRONIC DISEASE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84906271440     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22342     Document Type: Article

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