Contributions of occupational hazards and human factors in occupational injuries and their associations with job, age and type of injuries in railway workers

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 517-525

  Chau, Nearkasen ^a   Gauchard, Gerome C ^c,d   Dehaene, Dominique ^e   Benamghar, Lahoucine ^c   Touron, Christian ^e   Perrin, Philippe P ^d   Mur, Jean Marie ^b  

^a Universite Paris Sud   (France)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE ET DE SÉCURITÉ   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^e SNCF   (France)

Author keywords

Age; Cause; Job; Occupational accident; Work conditions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DRIVER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FRANCE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL PHYSICIAN; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAILWAY EMPLOYEE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SKILL; SOCIAL STATUS; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RAILROADS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 34247873015     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-006-0158-8     Document Type: Article

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