Working in light vehicles-A review and conceptual model for occupational health and safety

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1006-1014

  Stuckey, Rwth ^a   LaMontagne, Anthony D ^b   Sim, Malcolm ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Light vehicles; Non traditional work arrangements; Occupational driving; Systems model

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PUBLIC POLICY; RISK ANALYSIS;

LIGHT VEHICLES; NON-TRADITIONAL WORK ARRANGEMENTS; OCCUPATIONAL DRIVING; SYSTEMS MODELS;

ACCIDENTS;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MOTOR VEHICLE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLES; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 34548544560     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2007.01.009     Document Type: Article

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