Factors contributing to construction injury at Denver international airport

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 27-36

  Glazner, Judith ^a,d   Bondy, Jessica ^a   Lezotte, Dennis C ^a   Lipscomb, Hester ^b   Guarini, Kenneth ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c OMI Safety Services Inc   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Construction injury; Injury etiology; Injury mechanisms; Text analysis; Types of construction work; Workers' compensation payments

Indexed keywords

AIRPORT; ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; CONSTRUCTION WORK; DATA BASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; VICTIM; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; COLORADO; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HUMANS; WORKERS' COMPENSATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 11944256560     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20108     Document Type: Article

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