Effects of safety and health training on work-related injury among construction laborers

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1222-1228

  Dong, Xiuwen ^a   Entzel, Pamela ^a   Men, Yurong ^a   Chowdhury, Risana ^a,b   Schneider, Scott ^c  

^a The Center for Construction Research and Training   (United States)

^b Directorate for Epidemiology   (United States)

^c Laborers' Health and Safety Fund of North America   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCTION WORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; TRAINING; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INSERVICE TRAINING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SEX DISTRIBUTION; WASHINGTON; WORKERS' COMPENSATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 10444239305     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jom.0000147268.42094.de     Document Type: Article

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