Fall-related occupational injuries on farms

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 509-515

  Nordstrom, David L ^a   Layde, Peter M ^b   Olson, Kurt A ^a   Stueland, Dean ^a   Follen, Marilyn A ^a   Brand, Laura ^a  

^a MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

accidents; agricultural workers; case control studies; dairying; injury surveillance; occupational hazards; rural health; wounds and injuries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; WISCONSIN;

EID: 0029928178     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199605)29:5<509::AID-AJIM10>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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