Non-occupational ladder and scaffold fall injuries

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 745-750

  Faergemann, Christian ^a   Larsen, Lars B ^a  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Accident; Epidemiology; Fall; Injury; Ladder; Non occupational; Scaffold

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0034326479     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-4575(99)00124-4     Document Type: Article

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