The safe teen work project: A study to reduce cutting injuries among young and inexperienced workers

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 619-622

  Banco, Leonard ^a,b   Lapidus, Garry ^a   Monopoli, James ^a   Zavoski, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b School of Medicine ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

adolescent; occupational injury; safety training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; KNIFE CUT; LACERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PACKAGING;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADOLESCENT; CONNECTICUT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; HUMANS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0030949446     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199705)31:5<619::AID-AJIM17>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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