Age and gender in underfoot accidents

Safety Science

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 65-76

  Davies, John C ^a   Kemp, Graham J ^a   Frostick, Simon P ^a   Stevens, Graham ^b   Manning, Derek P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b HEALTH AND SAFETY EXECUTIVE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age; Falls; Gender; Osteoporosis; Underfoot accidents

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; PATIENT MONITORING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

GENDER;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; FRACTURE; GENDER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0037290152     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-7535(01)00069-8     Document Type: Article

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