Non-fatal occupational fall and slip injuries among commercial fishermen analyzed by use of the NOMESCO injury registration system

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 637-644

  Jensen, Olaf C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Falls; Fishermen; Fishing industry; Injuries; Occupational; Proportionate; Slips

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTUSION; FALLING; FISHERMAN; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; SPRAIN;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSALITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; FISHERIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; SHIPS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0034091990     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(200006)37:6<637::AID-AJIM8>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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