Underreporting of fatal occupational injuries in Catalonia (Spain)

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 110-114

  Benavides, Fernando G ^a   Pérez, Gloria ^b   Martínez, Jordi ^c   Martínez, José Miguel ^a   Gispert, Rosa ^b   Benach, Joan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^b Dept de Sanitat i Seguretat Social ^*  (Spain)

^c Ctr Seguretat Condicions Salut Treb   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fatal work injury; Fatality rates; Occupational health information system

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE FINDING; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYING; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FATALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JOB ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SPAIN;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SPAIN; TIME FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 1642483563     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqg132     Document Type: Article

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