Infectious Diseases Among Seafarers by Hemantha D Wickramatillake June 1998
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Surveillance of Hospital Contacts among Danish Seafarers and Fishermen with Focus on Skin and Infectious Diseases—A Population-Based Cohort Study
OBJECTIVES A systematic overview of time trends in hospital contacts among Danish seafarers and fishermen by job title and analyses on skin and infectious diseases. METHODS Occupational cohorts with hospital contacts 1994-1998 and 1999-2003. Standardized hospital contact ratios (SHCR) were estimated using national rates and ranked by SHCR size. RESULTS For non-officers in 1994-1998, infecti...
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Background: Only a few studies have addressed seamen’s health although they have dangerous working conditions. We studied musculoskeletal diseases among fishermen and seafarers with focus on carpal tunnel syndrome and rotator cuff syndrome. Methods: Cohorts of all male Danish seafarers 1986-1998 and fishermen 1964-1998. We calculated standardised incidence ratios (SIR) and compared SIRs for two...
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تاریخ انتشار 2006