Association between body mass index and acute traumatic workplace injury in hourly manufacturing employees

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 204-211

  Pollack, Keshia M ^a   Sorock, Gary S ^a   Slade, Martin D ^b   Cantley, Linda ^b   Sircar, Kanta ^b   Taiwo, Oyebode ^b   Cullen, Mark R ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Accidents, occupational; Body mass index; Obesity; Overweight; Risk factors; Safety; Workplace; Wounds and injuries

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; INJURY; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; KNEE INJURY; LEG INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; METAL INDUSTRY; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES; CLASSIFICATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; METALLURGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; METALLURGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDIES; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 34547579896     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwm058     Document Type: Article

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