"Healthy Worker Effect" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Phenomenon of workers' usually exhibiting overall death rates lower than those of the general population due to the fact that the severely ill and disabled are ordinarily excluded from employment.
| Descriptor ID |
D015989
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N05.715.350.350.375 N06.850.490.734.750
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| Concept/Terms |
Healthy Worker Effect- Healthy Worker Effect
- Effect, Healthy Worker
- Effects, Healthy Worker
- Healthy Worker Effects
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Healthy Worker Effect" by people in Profiles.
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Mortensen EM, Restrepo MI, Copeland LA, Pugh MJ, Anzueto A. Statins and outcomes in patients with pneumonia: not only healthy user bias. BMJ. 2006 Nov 25; 333(7578):1123-4.
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Eisen EA, Holcroft CA, Greaves IA, Wegman DH, Woskie SR, Monson RR. A strategy to reduce healthy worker effect in a cross-sectional study of asthma and metalworking fluids. Am J Ind Med. 1997 Jun; 31(6):671-7.
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Punnett L. Adjusting for the healthy worker selection effect in cross-sectional studies. Int J Epidemiol. 1996 Oct; 25(5):1068-76.
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Kriebel D, Wegman DH, Moure-Eraso R, Punnett L. Limitations of meta-analysis: cancer in the petroleum industry. Am J Ind Med. 1990; 17(2):269-71.