Nonfatal injury rates of Utah agricultural producers

Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 287-295

  Miller, Rhonda L ^a   Webster, Jill K ^b   Mariger, S Christian ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Injury rates

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; HEALTH HAZARDS; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; PERSONNEL;

INJURY RATES; MEDICAL TREATMENT;

AGRICULTURE;

EQUIDAE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UTAH;

EID: 11844287633     PISSN: 10747583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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