Recall of occupational injuries: A comparison of questionnaire and diary data

Safety Science

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 255-260

  Andersen, L P ^a   Mikkelsen, K L ^b  

^a HERNING HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Daily reports; Occupational injury; Questionnaires; Recall errors

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; ERROR ANALYSIS; HEALTH RISKS; SAFETY FACTOR;

OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES; RETROSPECTIVE QUESTIONNAIRES;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECALL; SELF REPORT; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 38749127986     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2007.06.014     Document Type: Article

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