Fatal occupational injuries in Taiwan - relationship between fatality rate and age

Safety Science

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-17

  Chi, Chia Fen ^a   Wu, Meng Lin ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FATALITY RATE, AGE;

ACCIDENTS; INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; PERSONNEL;

SAFETY FACTOR;

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; COLLAPSE; DROWNING; ELECTRIC SHOCK; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FALLING; FATALITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TAIWAN;

EID: 0031257675     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-7535(97)00046-5     Document Type: Article

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