Occupational injuries among older workers with disabilities: A prospective cohort study of the health and retirement survey, 1992 to 1994

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 88, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1691-1695

  Zwerling, Craig ^a   Sprince, Nancy L ^a   Davis, Charles S ^a   Whitten, Paul S ^a   Wallace, Robert R ^b   Heeringa, Stephen G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED WORKER; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OPERATOR; PERSONNEL; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0031769851     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.88.11.1691     Document Type: Article

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