Expanded analysis of injury mortality among unionized construction workers

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 364-373

  Chen, Guang X ^a   Johnston, Janet J ^a   Alterman, Toni ^a   Burnett, Carol ^a   Steenland, Kyle ^a   Stern, Frank ^a   Halperin, William ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Construction; Epidemiology; Fatal injury; Occupation; Proportionate mortality ratio

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSTRUCTION WORK; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASPHYXIA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DROWNING; ELECTRIC INJURIES; ENGINEERING; EXPLOSIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR UNIONS; MALE; METALLURGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0034096466     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(200004)37:4<364::AID-AJIM6>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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