Risk factors for occupational injuries among older workers: An analysis of the health and retirement study

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 86, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1306-1309

  Zwerling, Craig ^a   Sprince, Nancy L ^a   Wallace, Robert B ^a   Davis, Charles S ^a   Whitten, Pauls ^a   Heeringa, Steven G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WEIGHT LIFTING; WORK CAPACITY;

EID: 0029832990     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.86.9.1306     Document Type: Article

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