Injuries associated with the farm harvest in Canada

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 158, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1493-1496

  Hartling, Lisa ^a   Pickett, William ^a   Guernsey, Judith R ^b   Alberg, Norma ^c   Redekop, Ted D ^c   Brison, Robert J ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Manitoba Labour   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARM FRACTURE; CANADA; FATALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LIMB INJURY; MACHINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR VEHICLE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; SHORT SURVEY; SKIN ABRASION;

EID: 0032474502     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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