Workers' compensation experience of North Carolina residential construction workers, 1986-1994

Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 97-106

  Dement, John M ^a   Lipscomb, Hester ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Construction Trades; Falls; Injuries; Residential Construction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONSTRUCTION WORK; FALLING; HEALTH CARE COST; HIGH RISK POPULATION; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; NORTH CAROLINA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; URBAN HEALTH; WORKERS' COMPENSATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0033042168     PISSN: 1047322X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/104732299303269     Document Type: Article

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