Determinants of occupational fracture proneness: A case-control study in construction and railway workers

Journal of Occupational Health

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 267-270

  Chau, Nearkasen ^a,b   Benamghar, Lahoucine ^b   Siegfried, Christian ^c   Dehaene, Dominique ^d   Dangelzer, Jean Louis ^c   Français, Martine ^c   Jacquin, Régis ^c   Sourdot, Alain ^c   Touron, Christian ^d   Mur, Jean Marie ^b  

^a Universite Paris Sud   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c Services Medicaux et Sociaux du Travail du Batiment et Travaux Publics de Meurthe et Moselle ^*  (France)

^d SNCF   (France)

Author keywords

Experience; Fractures; Occupational accident; Physical activity; Sleep disorders

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE FRAGILITY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONSTRUCTION WORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRACTURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RAILWAY EMPLOYEE; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP DISORDER;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; FRACTURES, BONE; FRANCE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RAILROADS;

EID: 33750497649     PISSN: 13419145     EISSN: 13419145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1539/joh.48.267     Document Type: Article

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