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HWE
(redirected from Healthy Worker Effect)

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HWEHorner-Wadsworth-Emmons (organic reaction)
HWEHealthy Worker Effect
HWEHodges Ward Elliott
HWEHostile Work Environment
HWEHardy-Weinberg Equilibrium Test
HWEHarper Wood Electric
HWEHenry Walker Eltin Mining (Nedlands, West Australia)
HWEHistoric Weather Events (UK)
HWEHekimian Workflow Engine
HWEHeater, Water, Electric
HWEHyperbaric Welding Equipment


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As expected in a working population, there was a deficit in overall and all-cancer mortality and in most other causes of death, likely due to the healthy worker effect.
Cause-specific mortality in the unionized U.S. trucking industry by Laden, Francine; Hart, Jaime E.; Smith, Thomas J.; Davis, Mary E.; and Garshick, Eric / Environmental Health Perspectives
A major limitation is the healthy worker effect (Arrighi and Hertz-Picciotto 1994).
Lead exposure and cardiovascular disease--a systematic review by Rothenberg, Stephen J. / Environmental Health Perspectives
In studies that compare health effects in workers with general population controls, the healthy worker effect could explain why associations may not be observed, because workers are, especially for symptomatic conditions, more likely to be healthier than the general population.
The epidemiology of lead toxicity in adults: measuring dose and ... by Schwartz, Brian S. / Environmental Health Perspectives
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