Deaths due to injuries among employed adults: The effects of socioeconomic class

Epidemiology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 74-79

  Steenland, Kyle ^a,c   Halperin, William ^b   Hu, Sherry ^a   Walker, James T ^a  

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

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEATH; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INCOME; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUICIDE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLASSIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OCCUPATION; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; SOCIAL CLASS; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0037209065     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-200301000-00017     Document Type: Article

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