Incidence of unintentional injuries in farming based on one year of weekly registration in Danish farms

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 82-89

  Rasmussen, Kurt ^a   Carstensen, Ole ^a   Lauritsen, Jens M ^b  

^a HERNING HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Initiative for Accident Prevention ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Accident; Agriculture; Farm; Injury; Work tasks

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SELF REPORT; WORK; WORKING TIME;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGRICULTURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0034040987     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0274(200007)38:1<82::AID-AJIM9>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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