Healthy worker effect phenomenon

The Healthy Worker Effect (HWE) phenomenon has been under debate since some years. Some epidemiologists regard HWE as an ordinary method problem while others consider it a field of science by itself. This article gives definitions of HWE explained with historical background; discusses factors affect...

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Autor principal: Shah, Divyang
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2009
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2847330/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20386623
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5278.55123
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description The Healthy Worker Effect (HWE) phenomenon has been under debate since some years. Some epidemiologists regard HWE as an ordinary method problem while others consider it a field of science by itself. This article gives definitions of HWE explained with historical background; discusses factors affecting it and suggests methods to minimize problems associated with it.
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spelling pubmed-28473302010-04-12 Healthy worker effect phenomenon Shah, Divyang Indian J Occup Environ Med Review Article The Healthy Worker Effect (HWE) phenomenon has been under debate since some years. Some epidemiologists regard HWE as an ordinary method problem while others consider it a field of science by itself. This article gives definitions of HWE explained with historical background; discusses factors affecting it and suggests methods to minimize problems associated with it. Medknow Publications 2009-08 /pmc/articles/PMC2847330/ /pubmed/20386623 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5278.55123 Text en © Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2847330/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20386623
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5278.55123
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