Follow-back study of oldest workers with emergency department-treated injuries

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 609-618

  Castillo, Dawn ^a   Rodriguez, Rosa ^a  

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

Author keywords

accidents, occupational; agriculture; disability; occupational injury; older workers; self employment; surveillance; training; wounds and injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTUSION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE DISLOCATION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; LACERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SPRAIN; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRAINING;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AGED; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0030938538     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199705)31:5<609::AID-AJIM16>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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