Deindustrialisation and the long term decline in fatal occupational injuries

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 616-621

  Loomis, D ^a   Richardson, D B ^a   Bena, J F ^b   Bailer, A J ^c  

^a IL   (United States)

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

^c MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; EMPLOYMENT; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 3042790631     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2003.009571     Document Type: Article

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