Occupational road trauma and permanent medical impairment

Safety Science

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 187-200

  Bylund, Per Olof ^a   Björnstig, Ulf ^a   Larsson, Tore J ^b,c  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Inst Hum Safety and Accident Res   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY DEVICES;

MEDICAL IMPAIRMENT; OCCUPATIONAL ROAD TRAUMA;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

ARTICLE; DISABILITY; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SWEDEN; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY; WHIPLASH INJURY;

EID: 0343554660     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-7535(97)00042-8     Document Type: Article

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