Injuries from slips and trips in construction

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 267-274

  Lipscomb, Hester J ^a   Glazner, Judith E ^b   Bondy, Jessica ^b   Guarini, Kenneth ^c   Lezotte, Dennis ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c OMI Safety Services Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Construction workers; Injury epidemiology; Slips; Text analyses; Trips

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ERGONOMICS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

CONSTRUCTION WORKERS; INJURY EPIDEMIOLOGY; SLIPS AND TRIPS; TEXT ANALYSIS;

MEDICAL PROBLEMS;

ARTICLE; CONSTRUCTION WORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INJURY; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; UNITED STATES; WALKING; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

EID: 31944451434     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2005.07.008     Document Type: Article

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