Description of fatal occupational injury rates in five selected European Union countries: Austria, Finland, France, Spain and Sweden

Safety Science

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 497-502

  Benavides, Fernando G ^a   Benach, Joan ^a   Martínez, Jose Miguel ^a   González, Sira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Global economy; Occupational surveillance system; Rate trends

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; EMPLOYMENT; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; PERSONNEL; REGIONAL PLANNING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

GLOBAL ECONOMY; INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS; RATE TRENDS;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; EMPLOYMENT; EUROPEAN UNION; FATALITY; FINLAND; FRANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWEDEN;

EID: 27544472258     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2005.04.005     Document Type: Article

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