Characteristics of Farm Injuries in Greece

Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 233-240

  Alexe, Delia Marina ^a   Petridou, Eleni ^a   Dessypris, Nick ^a   Skenderis, Nick ^b   Trichopoulos, Dimitrios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Farm injury characteristics; Farm leisure injury; Farm occupational injury

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; HEALTH CARE; SAFETY FACTOR; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

FARM INJURIES;

OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES;

INSECTA; SERPENTES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CHILD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGRICULTURE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0141522726     PISSN: 10747583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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