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Workers’ special health examination

In this special series in Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 4 papers draw the general outline, effectiveness, inequality and the practical use of the  workers’ general health examination.

The article collection was supported by the Occupational Safety and Health Research Institute, Korean Occupational Safety and Health Agency (KOSHA), as well as the Korean Society of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (KSOEM). Articles have undergone the journal's standard peer-review process.

  1. Peripheral neuritis caused by acrylamide is well-known, and many Korean grouting workers are frequently exposed to acrylamide in grouting agents that are injected into cracked concrete. We recently encountered...

    Authors: Heeyun Kim, Sang Gil Lee and Jeongbae Rhie
    Citation: Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2017 29:50
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  3. Business owners in the Republic of Korea must take part in the workers’ general health examination. However, there have been few formal analyses of the uptake of this examination by employees. In the present s...

    Authors: Young Joong Kang, Jun-Pyo Myong, Huisu Eom, Bowha Choi, Jong Heon Park and Eun-A L Kim
    Citation: Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2017 29:6
    Content type: Research article Published on:

    The Erratum to this article has been published in Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2017 29:20

  4. We examined the current status of specialized agencies for occupational health management (SAs) and their workforce. Furthermore, we aimed to clarify the current practice status of SA healthcare professionals ...

    Authors: Saerom Lee, Jun-Pyo Myong, Eun-A Kim, Huisu Eom, Bowha Choi and Young Joong Kang
    Citation: Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2017 29:4
    Content type: Research article Published on:

    The Erratum to this article has been published in Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2017 29:21

  5. Health examinations are performed so that diseases can be identified and treated earlier. Several studies have evaluated the determinants of participation in health examinations including cancer screening, but...

    Authors: Young Joong Kang, Jong Heun Park, Huisu Eom, Bohwa Choi, Seyoung Lee, Ji-Won Lee and Jun-Pyo Myong
    Citation: Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2017 29:3
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  6. Our study evaluated the effectiveness of the Workers’ General Health Examination by health examination period and compliance.

    Authors: Huisu Eom, Jun-Pyo Myong, Eun-A Kim, Bohwa Choi, Soon Woo Park and Young Joong Kang
    Citation: Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2017 29:2
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