Fatalities and injuries in the Kuwaiti construction industry

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 805-814

  Kartam, Nabil A ^a   Bouz, Rami G ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Construction accidents; Construction safety; Project management

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; CAUSE OF DEATH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISABLED PERSON; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INJURY; KUWAIT; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISABLED PERSONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KUWAIT; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0032199670     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-4575(98)00033-5     Document Type: Article

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