Primary health care needs for a priority population: A survey of professional truck drivers

Work

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 175-181

  Angeles, Ricardo ^a   McDonough, Beatrice ^a,b   Howard, Michelle ^a   Dolovich, Lisa ^a,c   Marzanek Lefebvre, Francine ^a   Qian, Helen ^a   Riva, John J ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b City of Hamilton Public Health Services   (Canada)

^c CENTRE FOR EVALUATION OF MEDICINES   (Canada)

Author keywords

baseline survey; Health and wellness survey; lone workers; transport industry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ONTARIO; PILOT STUDY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLES; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ONTARIO; PILOT PROJECTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 84907502290     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/WOR-131649     Document Type: Article

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