Sex differences in injury patterns among workers in heavy manufacturing

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 169, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 161-166

  Taiwo, Oyebode A ^a   Cantley, Linda F ^a   Slade, Martin D ^a   Pollack, Keshia M ^b   Vegso, Sally ^a   Fiellin, Martha G ^a   Cullen, Mark R ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Sex; Women; Wounds and injuries

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; GENDER DISPARITY; INJURY; MANUFACTURING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; WOUNDING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMELTER; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; ALUMINUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MANUFACTURED MATERIALS; METALLURGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58449098993     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwn304     Document Type: Article

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