Determinants of accident proneness: A case-control study in railway workers

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 187-190

  Gauchard, G C ^a,b   Mur, J M ^a   Touron, C ^c   Benamghar, L ^a   Dehaene, D ^c   Perrin, P ^a,b   Chau, Nearkasen ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^c SNCF   (France)

Author keywords

Case referent; Experience; Physical activities; Repeated occupational injuries; Request for job change; Sleep disorders; Smoker

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PRONENESS; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DATA ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL PHYSICIAN; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAILWAY EMPLOYEE; SLEEP DISORDER; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRAINING;

ACCIDENT PRONENESS; ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; RAILROADS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33646233792     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqj016     Document Type: Article

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