Alcohol and occupational injuries among older workers

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 371-376

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Injury; Occupation; Older workers

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0030139775     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0001-4575(96)00003-6     Document Type: Article

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