Lifetime risk of fatal occupational injuries within industries, by occupation, gender, and race

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment (HERA)

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1291-1307

  Myers, John R ^a   Kisner, Suzanne M ^a   Fosbroke, David E ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cause of death; High risk job; Occupational injury death

Indexed keywords

EID: 22444452714     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807039891284677     Document Type: Article

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