Interventions to increase the reporting of occupational diseases by physicians

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2015, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Curti, Stefania ^a   Sauni, Riitta ^b   Spreeuwers, Dick ^c   De Schryver, Antoon ^d   Valenty, Madeleine ^e   Rivière, Stéphanie ^e   Mattioli, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^e INSTITUT DE VEILLE SANITAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FINANCIAL INCENTIVE; HUMAN; INTERNET; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; META ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REGISTER; REVIEW; REWARD; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; INFECTION CONTROL; MANDATORY REPORTING; MEDICAL STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TEACHING;

DISEASE NOTIFICATION; HUMANS; MANDATORY REPORTING; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TEACHING MATERIALS;

EID: 84942751360     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD010305.pub2     Document Type: Review

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