Occupational injury among full-time, part-time and casual health care workers

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 348-354

  Alamgir, Hasanat ^a   Yu, Shicheng ^a   Chavoshi, Negar ^a   Ngan, Karen ^a  

^a Occupational Health and Safety Agency for Healthcare in British Columbia   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute care; Care aides; Casual worker; Full time; Long term care; Musculoskeletal injury; Occupational injury; Part time; Registered nurses

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PARTTIME EMPLOYMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTERED NURSE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; WORK EXPERIENCE;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; BRITISH COLUMBIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; NURSING; WORKERS' COMPENSATION; WORKPLACE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 49549093389     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqn026     Document Type: Article

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