Work-related deaths in West Virginia from July 1996 through June 1999: Surveillance, investigation, and prevention

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 156-162

  Helmkamp, James C ^a   Lundstrom, Wayne J ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE;

EID: 0033978386     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043764-200002000-00011     Document Type: Article

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