Risk factors for agricultural injury: A case-control analysis of Iowa farmers in the agricultural health study

Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 5-18

  Sprince, Nancy L ^a   Zwerling, Craig ^e   Lynch, Charles F ^e   Whitten, Paul S ^e   Thu, Kendall ^a,b   Logsden Sackett, Nyla ^e   Burmeister, Leon F ^a   Sandler, Dale P ^c   Alavanja, Michael C R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Agriculture; Farmers; Injury; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; HEALTH HAZARDS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGRICULTURAL INJURIES;

AGRICULTURE;

AGRICULTURE; INJURIES;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; IOWA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0037305055     PISSN: 10747583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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