Ethnic disparities in traumatic occupational injury

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 350-358

  Friedman, Lee S ^a,b   Forst, Linda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Social Policy Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; MALE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 40549104110     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3181617324     Document Type: Article

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