Nonfatal occupational injury among California farm operators

Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 103-119

  McCurdy, Stephen A ^a   Farrar, Jeffrey A ^b   Beaumont, James J ^a   Samuels, Steven J ^c   Green, Rochelle S ^a   Scott, Lisa C ^a   Schenker, Marc B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b California Dept of Hlth Servs   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural worker; Agriculture; Farmer; Injury; Workplace accidents

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; HEALTH RISKS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; PERSONNEL; POPULATION STATISTICS; SURVEYS;

AGRICULTURAL POPULATIONS; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK FACTORS; FARM OPERATORS; FARM WORK RELATED INJURIES; FARMER; NONFATAL OCCUPATIONAL INJURY; WORKPLACE ACCIDENTS;

AGRICULTURE;

ANIMALIA;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TELEPHONE; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; CALIFORNIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; TELEPHONE; TIME FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 3242705850     PISSN: 10747583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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