Fatal work-related accidents in UK merchant shipping from 1919 to 2005

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 129-137

  Roberts, Stephen E ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

1919 2005; Fatal accidents; Seafarers; UK merchant shipping

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISASTER; EXPLOSION; FATALITY; HUMAN; HURRICANE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SAILOR; SHIPPING; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CAUSE OF DEATH; GREAT BRITAIN; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; NAVAL MEDICINE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; SHIPS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 40349085790     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqm149     Document Type: Article

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