Fatal falls overboard on commercial fishing vessels in Alaska

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 962-968

  Lucas, Devin L ^a   Lincoln, Jennifer M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Drowning; Fall; Fishing; Overboard

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BALANCE IMPAIRMENT; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FALLING; FATALITY; FISHING; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PERIODIC MEDICAL EXAMINATION; UNITED STATES; VESSEL;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; ALASKA; DROWNING; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; FISHERIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; SHIPS;

EID: 36549009522     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20509     Document Type: Article

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