Traumatic occupational fatalities in the U.S. and Australian construction industries

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 202-206

  Ore, Timothy ^a   Stout, Nancy A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

construction; electrocutions; falls; fatality rate; laborers; motor vehicles

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BUILDING INDUSTRY; CAUSE OF DEATH; ELECTROCUTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FALLING; FATALITY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MACHINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0029838245     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199608)30:2<202::AID-AJIM11>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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