Electrical Fatalities among U.S. Construction Workers

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 587-591

  Ore, Timothy ^a   Casini, Virgil ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSTRUCTION WORK; ELECTRIC INJURY; ELECTROCUTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ELECTRIC INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; PERIODICITY; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030013949     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043764-199606000-00009     Document Type: Article

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