Assessing safety awareness and knowledge and behavioral change among West Virginia loggers

Injury Prevention

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 233-238

  Helmkamp, J C ^a   Bell, J L ^b   Lundstrom, W J ^a   Ramprasad, J ^a   Haque, A ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ATTITUDE; AWARENESS; BIOSAFETY; CONFERENCE PAPER; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EXPERIENCE; FOLLOW UP; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOGGING; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TELEPHONE; TRAINING; VIDEORECORDER; WORKPLACE;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; FORESTRY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; RURAL HEALTH; SAFETY; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING; WEST VIRGINIA;

EID: 4444250960     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2003.005033     Document Type: Conference Paper

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