%0 Journal Article
%T Healthy worker effect phenomenon
%A Shah Divyang
%J Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
%D 2009
%I Medknow Publications
%X 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.
%K Healthy Worker Effect
%K occupational epidemiology
%K selection bias
%U http://www.ijoem.com/article.asp?issn=0019-5278;year=2009;volume=13;issue=2;spage=77;epage=79;aulast=Shah