Personal and non-occupational risk factors and occupational injury/illness

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 249-260

  Craig, Brian N ^a   Congleton, Jerome J ^b   Kerk, Carter J ^c   Amendola, Alfred A ^b   Gaines, William G ^d  

^a Lamar University   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d Liberty Mutual Insurance Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Manual materials handling; Non occupational risk factors; Occupational injury illness; Personal risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC CAPACITY; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERIALS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES; VELOCITY; VIOLENCE; WEIGHT CONTROL; WORK;

ADULT; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33646069610     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20290     Document Type: Article

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