Work-related injury among direct care occupations in British Columbia, Canada

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 769-775

  Alamgir, Hasanat ^a   Cvitkovich, Yuri ^b   Yu, Sicheng ^a   Yassi, Annalee ^a,b  

^a Occupational Health and Safety Agency for Healthcare in British Columbia   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; EYE INJURY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PATIENT CARE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRACTICAL NURSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCTURE; REGISTERED NURSE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INJURY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN INJURY;

ADULT; BRITISH COLUMBIA; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DERMATITIS; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NURSES; NURSES' AIDES; NURSING HOMES; NURSING, PRACTICAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; WOUNDS, STAB;

EID: 35748977652     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2006.031914     Document Type: Article

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