Challenges in residential fall prevention: Insight from apprentice carpenters

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 60-68

  Lipscomb, Hester J ^a   Dale, Ann Marie ^b   Kaskutas, Vicki ^b   Sherman Voellinger, Roslyn ^c   Evanoff, Bradley ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Carpenters; Construction; Fall prevention; Falls; Focus groups; Occupational injury; Residential

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FALLING; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; WORKPLACE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; EDUCATION; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; LABOR UNIONS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; WOOD; WORKPLACE;

EID: 37549016024     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20544     Document Type: Article

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