The global burden due to occupational injury

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 470-481

  Concha Barrientos, Marisol ^a   Nelson, Deborah Imel ^b,c   Fingerhut, Marilyn ^c,d   Driscoll, Timothy ^e   Leigh, James ^e  

^a Asociacion Chilena de Seguridad   (Chile)

^b Geological Society of America   (United States)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

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

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fatalities at work; Global injury burden; Injury disability; Injury surveillance; Occupational accident; Occupational health; Occupational injuries

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISABILITY; DISABILITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; WORKPLACE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATABASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 28544449471     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20226     Document Type: Article

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