Disease and injury among veterinarians

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 625-629

  Jeyaretnam, J ^a   Jones, H ^a   Phillips, M ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accidents; Disease; Health; Occupational injury; Practicing veterinarians; Safety; Workers' Compensation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; HUMAN; INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; VETERINARY MEDICINE; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ANIMAL TECHNICIANS; ANIMALS; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; QUESTIONNAIRES; VETERINARIANS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; WORKERS' COMPENSATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0034264994     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2000.tb11939.x     Document Type: Article

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