Occupational injuries by hour of day and day of week: A 20-year study

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 505-508

  Wigglesworth, Eric ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EXPERIENCE; FATIGUE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; WORKER; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; QUEENSLAND; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 33846145103     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2006.tb00776.x     Document Type: Article

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