Incidence of self-reported occupational injuries in seafaring - An international study

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 548-555

  Jensen, Olaf C ^a   Sorensen J F L ^a   Canals, M L ^b   Hu, Y P ^c   Nikolic, N ^d   Thomas, M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b Instituto Social de la Marina   (Spain)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF RIJEKA   (Croatia)

^e CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hours of work; Injury; Maritime; Personal protection; Rates; Safety; Seafarers; Self report; Ships

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAILOR; SELF REPORT; SHIP; WORKING TIME;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; NAVAL MEDICINE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; TIME FACTORS; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 11044234632     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqh090     Document Type: Article

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