Statistical analysis of injury severity rates

IIE Transactions (Institute of Industrial Engineers)

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 207-216

  Boyd, Amy Hancock ^a   Radson, Darrell ^b  

^a KIMBERLY CLARK CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DATA REDUCTION; FITS AND TOLERANCES; STATISTICAL METHODS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

INJURY SEVERITY RATES;

ERGONOMICS;

EID: 0032676825     PISSN: 0740817X     EISSN: 15458830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07408179908969821     Document Type: Article

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