Slips and falls on ice and snow in relation to experience in winter climate and winter sport

Safety Science

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 537-545

  Gao, Chuansi ^a   Abeysekera, John ^a,b  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b Work Science Academy   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Experience; Footwear; Ice and snow; Slip and fall; Winter sport

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FREQUENCIES; GAIT ANALYSIS; ICE; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SNOW; SURVEYS;

FOOTWEARS; SLIP RESISTANCE; SWEDEN; WINTER CLIMATE;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

ICE; SNOW;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; EXPERIENCE; FALLING; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; PEDESTRIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SEASON; SHOE; SPORT; WINTER; WORKER;

EID: 1942540795     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2003.08.005     Document Type: Article

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