Logging injuries for a 10-year period in Jilin Province of the People's Republic of China

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 273-279

  Wang, Jingxin ^a   Bell, Jennifer L ^b   Grushecky, Shawn T ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Accident; Forest operations; Injuries and fatalities; Logging; Safety

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; LOGGING (FORESTRY); RISKS;

FOREST OPERATIONS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; FORESTRY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INJURY; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; CHINA; FORESTRY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0042192106     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-4375(03)00024-0     Document Type: Article

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