Occupational mortality in British commercial fishing, 1976-95

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 16-23

  Roberts, S E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FISHING; HUMAN; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED KINGDOM; WEATHER;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; DROWNING; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NAVAL MEDICINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0345865145     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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