Nail gun injuries in residential carpentry: Lessons from active injury surveillance

Injury Prevention

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 20-24

  Lipscomb, Hester J ^a   Dement, J M ^a   Nolan, J ^b   Patterson, D ^b   Li, L ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Carpenters District Council of Greater St Louis and Vicinity   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HAND INJURY; HUMAN; LEG INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STAB WOUND; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; FEMALE; HAND INJURIES; HUMANS; LEG INJURIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; WOUNDS, STAB;

EID: 0038024073     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.9.1.20     Document Type: Article

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