Correlates of occupational injuries for various jobs in railway workers: A case-control study

Journal of Occupational Health

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 272-280

  Chau, Nearkasen ^a   Mur, Jean Marie ^a   Touron, Christian ^b   Benamghar, Lahoucine ^a   Dehaene, Dominique ^c  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b Departement des Services Medicaux   (France)

^c SNCF   (France)

Author keywords

Disabilities; Experience; Job dissatisfaction; Occupational accident; Physical activity; Sleep disorders; Smoking; Young age

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRANCE; HUMAN; INJURY; JOB SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAILWAY; RAILWAY EMPLOYEE; SLEEP DISORDER;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FRANCE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 4143146266     PISSN: 13419145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1539/joh.46.272     Document Type: Article

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