A descriptive analysis of nonfatal occupational injuries to older workers, using a national probability sample of hospital emergency departments

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 855-865

  Layne, Larry A ^a   Landen, Deborah D ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; DISLOCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FALLING; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FORESTRY; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0030920439     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043764-199709000-00009     Document Type: Article

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