Stress on the farm and its association with injury

Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 141-154

  Simpson, Kelly ^a   Sebastian, Renee ^a   Arbuckle, Tye E ^b   Bancej, Christina ^c   Pickett, William ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Environmental Health Sciences Bureau   (Canada)

^c CANADIAN INSTITUTES OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Injury; Risk factors; Sex; Stress

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; FARMS; HEALTH RISKS; LIGAMENTS; PERSONNEL; STATISTICAL METHODS;

AGRICULTURAL INJURY; BODY STRESS; GENDER; PSYCHOSOCIAL STRESS; RISK FACTORS;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ADULT; AGE; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; WORKLOAD;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGRICULTURE; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ODDS RATIO; ONTARIO; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKLOAD; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 5544291846     PISSN: 10747583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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