The Saskatchewan farm injury cohort: Rationale and methodology

Public Health Reports

Volumn 123, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 567-575

  Pickett, William ^a,b   Day, Lesley ^c   Hagel, Louise ^b   Brison, Robert J ^a   Marlenga, Barbara ^d   Pahwa, Punam ^b,e   Koehncke, Niels ^b   Crowe, Trever ^b,f   Snodgrass, Phyllis ^b   Dosman, James ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INJURY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; WORK ENVIRONMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; AGRICULTURE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SASKATCHEWAN; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 56149113400     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335490812300506     Document Type: Review

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