Commercial driver medical examinations: Prevalence of obesity, comorbidities, and certification outcomes

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 659-665

  Thiese, Matthew S ^a   Moffitt, Gary ^b   Hanowski, Richard J ^c   Kales, Stefanos N ^d   Porter, Richard J ^e   Hegmann, Kurt T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Arkansas Occupational Health   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA TECH TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Harvard Society   (United States)

^e University of Utah   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRAIN INJURY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CERTIFICATION; COMORBIDITY; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE CONTROL; DIZZINESS; DRIVER; DYSPNEA; EAR DISEASE; EPILEPSY; EYE DISEASE; FAINTNESS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GLUCOSURIA; HEAD INJURY; HEART DISEASE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIVER DISEASE; LOW BACK PAIN; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL HISTORY; MONOCULAR VISION; MORBID OBESITY; MUSCLE DISEASE; OBESITY; PARALYSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROTEINURIA; SEIZURE; SLEEP DISORDER; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNDERWEIGHT; CAR DRIVING; DRIVER LICENCE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVER EXAMINATION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BODY MASS INDEX; CERTIFICATION; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OBESITY, MORBID; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84942590200     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000000422     Document Type: Article

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