Injuries at work in the US adult population: Contributions to the total injury burden

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1213-1219

  Smith, Gordon S ^a,b   Wellman, Helen M ^a   Sorock, Gary S ^b   Warner, Margaret ^c   Courtney, Theodore K ^a   Pransky, Glenn S ^a   Fingerhut, Lois A ^c  

^a LIBERTY MUTUAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR SAFETY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 21144454050     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2004.049338     Document Type: Review

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