A population based case-control study of agricultural injuries in children

Injury Prevention

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 192-196

  Stueland, Dean T ^a   Lee, B C ^a   Nordstrom, D L ^a   Layde, P M ^b   Wittman, L M ^a  

^a MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Case control studies; Occupational; Rural health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADOLESCENT; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; AGRICULTURE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; WISCONSIN;

EID: 0030224239     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2.3.192     Document Type: Article

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