Tractor-related injuries: A population-based study of a five-state region in the midwest

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 254-264

  Carlson, Kathleen Ferguson ^a   Gerberich, Susan Goodwin ^a   Church, Timothy R ^a   Ryan, Andrew D ^a   Alexander, Bruce H ^a   Mongin, Steven J ^a   Renier, Colleen M ^b   Zhang, Xueying ^a   French, L Ronald ^c   Masten, Ann ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Duluth Clinic   (United States)

^c MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural injury; Agricultural workers; Injury surveillance; Occupational injury; Tractor related injury; Tractors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; AGRICULTURE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; MOTOR VEHICLES; SEX FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 20044368020     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20135     Document Type: Article

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