Gender aspects of work-related injuries in a Swedish municipality

Safety Science

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 183-196

  Lindqvist, K ^a   Schelp, L ^b   Timpka, T ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Community intervention; Epidemiology; Gender; Safe community; Work related injuries

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH RISKS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVEYS;

WORK-RELATED INJURIES;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FALLING; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY; LACERATION; MACHINE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0033120495     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-7535(98)00065-4     Document Type: Article

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