Premature Disablement and Death among Post Office Workers
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Premature disablement and death among post office workers.
From the economic as well as humanitarian point of view, disease which causes premature loss of life or working capacity is of importance and interest. Death before the age of 60 clearly represents a loss to the community of the breadwinner's skill and often entails the burden of the support of his family. The same is true of sickness absenteeism and chronic incapacitating disease which enforce...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health
سال: 1954
ISSN: 0143-005X
DOI: 10.1136/jech.8.4.147