Self-reported injuries among seafarers: Questionnaire validity and results from an international study

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 405-413

  Jensen, Olaf C ^a   Sørensen, Jens F L ^a   Kaerlev, Linda ^a   Canals, M Luisa ^b   Nikolic, Nebojša ^c   Saarni, Heikki ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b Instituto Social de la Marine   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RIJEKA   (Croatia)

^d FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Accident; Epidemiology; Hours of work; Injury; Seafarers; Self report

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH RISKS; NAVIGATION; SHIPS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL METHODS; WATERWAY TRANSPORTATION;

HOURS OF WORK; SEAFARERS; SELF-REPORTED INJURIES;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROATIA; DENMARK; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; INJURY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PHILIPPINES; PILOT STUDY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF DISCLOSURE; SHIP; SPAIN; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TRAVEL; WORKLOAD;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; CROATIA; DENMARK; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; PHILIPPINES; PILOT PROJECTS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF DISCLOSURE; SHIPS; SPAIN; TRAVEL; WORKLOAD; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 1442359720     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-4575(03)00034-4     Document Type: Article

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