Exposure assessment for acute injuries on construction sites: Conceptual development and pilot test

Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 304-312

  Seixas, Noah S ^a   Sanders, Jason ^b   Sheppard, Lianne ^a   Yost, Michael G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BUILDING INDUSTRY; CONSTRUCTION WORK; ELECTROCUTION; FALLING; LACERATION; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 0031834906     PISSN: 1047322X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1047322X.1998.10390087     Document Type: Article

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