Falls in Workers during Pregnancy: Risk Factors, Job Hazards, and High Risk Occupations

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 664-672

  Dunning, Kari ^a   LeMasters, Grace ^a   Levin, Linda ^a   Bhattacharya, Amit ^a   Alterman, Toni ^b   Lordo, Kathy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

^c Hamilton Co General Health District   (United States)

Author keywords

Fall; Injury; Occupation; Pregnancy; Women; Work

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; CALCULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; WALKING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0344395651     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.10318     Document Type: Conference Paper

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