Preventive occupational health interventions in the meat processing industry in upper-middle and high-income countries: a systematic review on their effectiveness

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 389-402

  van Holland, Berry J ^a   Soer, Remko ^a,b   de Boer, Michiel R ^c   Reneman, Michiel F ^a   Brouwer, Sandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b SAXION UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Absenteeism; Contact dermatitis; Meat packing industry; Musculoskeletal disorders; Occupational health; Q fever; Workplace

Indexed keywords

BIOENGINEERING; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; HUMAN; MEAT INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLISHING; Q FEVER; SKIN DISEASES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MEAT-PACKING INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLICATION BIAS; Q FEVER; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 84939892559     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: 14321246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-014-0964-3     Document Type: Article

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