Occupational fatalities among coal mine workers in Zonguldak, Turkey, 1994-2003

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 144-146

  Kucuker, Hudaverdi ^a  

^a AFYON KOCATEPE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Accidents; Coal mine workers; Injury; Occupational fatalities; Traumatic deaths

Indexed keywords

METHANE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COAL MINING; COAL WORKER; EMERGENCY WARD; ENGINEERING; FATALITY; GAS POISONING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAILWAY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK REDUCTION; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COAL MINING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TURKEY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33644984785     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqj023     Document Type: Article

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