The correspondence of self-reported accidents with company records

Safety Science

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 45-48

  Klen, Tapio ^a   Ojanen, Kari ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; INSURANCE; LOGGING (FORESTRY); SAWS;

SELF REPORTED ACCIDENTS;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSURANCE; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TELEPHONE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0031999004     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-7535(97)00062-3     Document Type: Article

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