The use of NHS accident and emergency services by commercial sea fishermen in the North East of Scotland

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 96-98

  Matheson, Catriona ^a,b   Morrison, Sarah ^a   Murphy, Elizabeth ^a   Ritchie, Lewis ^a   Bond, Christine ^a   Lawrie, Thane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accident and emergency; Fishing; Occupational accidents

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FACE INJURY; FINGER INJURY; FISHERMAN; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HAND INJURY; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK MANAGEMENT; THROAT DISEASE; UNITED KINGDOM; WRIST INJURY;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; MALE; NAVAL MEDICINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOTLAND; STATE MEDICINE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 15944401690     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqi037     Document Type: Review

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