Examination of personal factors in work accidents

Indoor and Built Environment

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 562-566

  Işsever, Halim ^a   Özdilli, Kürşat ^b   Önen, Levent ^c   Tan, Oktay ^d   Dişçi, Rian ^b   Yardimci, Oktay ^d  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b HALIC UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c MALTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d Baytur Construction and Contracting Company   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Human factors; Personal factors; Work accident

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BENTON VISUAL RETENTION TEST; BRIEF FATIGUE INVENTORY; BRIEF SYMPTOM INVENTORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EYSENCK PERSONALITY QUESTIONNAIRE; FATIGUE; HUMAN; HUMAN FACTORS RESEARCH; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEUROSIS; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 57049123805     PISSN: 1420326X     EISSN: 14230070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1420326X08098673     Document Type: Article

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