A reliability study of potential risk factors for acute traumatic occupational hand injuries

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 336-343

  Lombardi, David A ^a,b,c   Sorock, Gary S ^a,b,c   Lesch, Mary F ^a   Hauser, Russ ^b   Eisen, Ellen A ^b,d   Herrick, Robert F ^b   Mittleman, Murray A ^a,b  

^a LIBERTY MUTUAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR SAFETY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

Case crossover; Epidemiology; Exposure; Hand; Injury; Memory; Occupational; Reliability; Test retest

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; FOLLOW UP; HAND INJURY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; MATERIALS; MEMORY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TELEPHONE; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HAND INJURIES; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 0036789684     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.10120     Document Type: Article

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