Working lifetime risk of occupational fatal injury

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 459-467

  Fosbroke, David E ^a   Kisner, Suzanne M ^a   Myers, John R ^a  

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

Author keywords

cause specific risk; industry; lifetime risk; occupation; occupational fatal injury

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FATALITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; LIFESPAN; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; WORKPLACE;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CAUSE OF DEATH; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; MULTICENTER STUDIES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030947082     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199704)31:4<459::AID-AJIM13>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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