Analysis of Tractor-related Deaths in North Carolina from 1979 to 1988

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 285-295

  Bernhardt, Judy Hayes ^a   Langley, Ricky L ^b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MOTOR VEHICLE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURE; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLES; NORTH CAROLINA;

EID: 0033151074     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.1999.tb00750.x     Document Type: Article

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