Work-related injuries in residential and drywall carpentry

Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 479-488

  Lipscomb, Hester J ^a   Dement, John M ^a   Li, Leiming ^a   Nolan, James ^b   Patterson, Dennis ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Carpenters Dist Cncl Gtr S Louis   (United States)

Author keywords

Active Surveillance; Carpentry; Drywall; Injury; Residential Construction

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; BUILDING; CARPENTER; FALLING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERIALS HANDLING; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MISSOURI; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0038780788     PISSN: 1047322X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10473220301422     Document Type: Article

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