Temporal factors and the prevalence of transient exposures at the time of an occupational traumatic hand injury

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 832-840

  Lombardi, David A ^a,c   Sorock, Gary S ^a,b,c   Hauser, Russ ^b   Nasca, Philip C ^c   Eisen, Ellen A ^b,d   Herrick, Robert F ^b   Mittleman, Murray A ^b  

^a LIBERTY MUTUAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR SAFETY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HAND INJURY; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; SHIFT WORKER; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; HAND INJURIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ENGLAND; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0041660691     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jom.0000083030.56116.1a     Document Type: Article

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