Assessment of occupational eye injury risk and severity: An analysis of Rhode Island workers' compensation data 1998-2002

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 45-53

  McCall, Brian P ^a   Horwitz, Irwin B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Eye injury; Injury risk; Occupational safety; Ocular trauma; Surveillance; workers' compensation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCTION WORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; EYE INJURY; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; TRAINING; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; EYE INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHODE ISLAND; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 30544432725     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20234     Document Type: Article

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