The New Zealand child work-related fatal injury study: 1985-1998

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 117, Issue 1194, 2004, Pages

  Lilley, Rebbecca ^a   Feyer, Anne Marie ^a   Langley, John ^a   Wren, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b Safekids   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INJURY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROWNING; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ETHNOLOGY; FALLING; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEAT INJURY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; RADIATION INJURY; RISK REDUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WORKPLACE; AGRICULTURE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INJURY; LEGAL ASPECT; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECREATION; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; WORK;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AGRICULTURE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONS; RECREATION; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; TRANSPORTATION; WORK; WORKPLACE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 3042675102     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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