Use of employer administrative databases to identify systematic causes of injury in aluminum manufacturing

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 676-686

  Pollack, Keshia M ^a   Agnew, Jacqueline ^a   Slade, Martin D ^b   Cantley, Linda ^b   Taiwo, Oyebode ^b   Vegso, Sally ^b   Sircar, Kanta ^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

Administrative databases; Data linkage; Manufacturing sector; Occupational injury epidemiology; Workplace safety

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CONTUSION; DATA BASE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LACERATION; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPRAIN; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALUMINUM; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METALLURGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEX FACTORS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548646611     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20493     Document Type: Article

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