Industrial sectors with high risk of women's hospital-treated injuries

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 13-21

  Kines, Pete ^a   Hannerz, Harald ^a   Mikkelsen, Kim Lyngby ^a   Tüchsen, Finn ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Hospitalisation; Industry; Injury; Injury prevention; Injury surveillance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; CLEANING; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; INDUSTRY; LAUNDRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; TRAFFIC; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33845868506     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20408     Document Type: Article

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