Zero-inflated Poisson modeling to evaluate occupational safety interventions

Safety Science

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 53-63

  Carrivick, Philip J W ^a   Lee, Andy H ^b   Yau, Kelvin K W ^c  

^a SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Excess zeros; Exposure; Lost time injury; Participatory ergonomics teams; Poisson distribution; Population based count data; Safety intervention

Indexed keywords

OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POPULATION STATISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0037290153     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-7535(01)00057-1     Document Type: Article

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