Effectiveness of interventions in preventing injuries in agriculture - A systematic review and meta-analysis

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 327-336

  Lehtola, Marika M ^a   Rautiainen, Risto H ^b   Day, Lesley M ^c   Schonstein, Eva ^d   Suutarinen, Juha ^e   Salminen, Simo ^a   Verbeek, Jos H ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Data pooling; Evaluation research; Intervention study; Occupafional accident; Preventive measure; Randomized controlled trial; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ENDOSULFAN; PESTICIDE;

DATABASE; ENDOSULFAN; INJURY; PESTICIDE; TIME SERIES;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA BASE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FINANCE; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTOXICATION; LAW; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SRI LANKA; SWEDEN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ASIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA; SWEDEN;

EID: 56249109799     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: 1795990X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.1279     Document Type: Review

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