Mortality from injuries and other causes in a cohort of 21 800 Brazilian steel workers

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 343-350

  Barreto, S M ^a,c   Swerdlow, A J ^a   Smith, P G ^a   Higgins, C D ^a   Andrade, A ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Usina Intendente Camara   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cohort; Injury; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 0029897744     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.53.5.343     Document Type: Article

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