Preferred Label : healthy worker effect;
MeSH definition : 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.;
MeSH synonym : healthy worker effects; effect, healthy worker; effects, healthy worker;
MeSH annotation : IM GEN only; coord NIM with disease /epidemiol (IM); no qualif; specify geog if pertinent; usually NIM; coordinate with disease /epidemiol;
Origin ID : D015989;
UMLS CUI : C0018766;
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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.