Assessment of Iowa farmers' perceptions about auger safety

Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 61-74

  Freeman, Steven A ^a   Schwab, Charles V ^b   Pollard, Thomas ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Guards; Machinery; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; HEALTH HAZARDS; PERSONNEL; SURVEYS;

FARM WORKERS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

AGRICULTURE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGRICULTURE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; IOWA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0037307475     PISSN: 10747583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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