Cold-related non-fatal injuries in Alaska

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1999, Pages 39-41

  Conway, George A ^a,b   Husberg, Bradley J ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cold injury; Frostbite; Hypothermia; Injury prevention; Injury surveillance; Occupational injury; Occupational safety and health; Work environment

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADULT; COLD INJURY; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; UNITED STATES; WORK ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; COLD CLIMATE; HEALTH SURVEY; INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; ALASKA; COLD CLIMATE; FEMALE; FROSTBITE; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; IMMERSION FOOT; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0032845019     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199909)36:1+<39::AID-AJIM15>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Conference Paper

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