The impact of OSHA recordkeeping regulation changes on occupational injury and illness trends in the US: A time-series analysis

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 454-460

  Friedman, Lee S ^a   Forst, Linda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCUMENTATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; WORKING TIME;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DATA COLLECTION; DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CONTROL, FORMAL; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 34347393525     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2006.029322     Document Type: Article

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