Accident indicators and profiles as a function of the age of female nurses and food services workers in the Quebec health and social services sector

Safety Science

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 111-125

  Cloutier, Esther ^a   David, Hélène ^b   Duguay, Patrice ^a  

^a Inst de Rech en S et en S   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; PERSONNEL; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

ACCIDENT INDICATORS;

ACCIDENTS;

ACCIDENT PRONENESS; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0032030191     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-7535(97)00082-9     Document Type: Article

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