Work related spinal cord injury, Australia 1986-97

Injury Prevention

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 29-34

  O'Connor, P ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Compensation; Epidemiology; Occupational injury; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; REGISTER; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 0035287646     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.7.1.29     Document Type: Article

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