Effects of Firm Size on Risks and Reporting of Elevation Fall Injury in Construction Trades

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1074-1078

  Kines, Pete ^a,b   Mikkelsen, Kim Lyngby ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BUILDING INDUSTRY; CARPENTER; CONSTRUCTION WORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; ELECTRICIAN; FALLING; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; LAW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; DENMARK; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MANDATORY REPORTING; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; RISK MANAGEMENT; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WORKPLACE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0242384244     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jom.0000085887.16564.3a     Document Type: Article

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