Virginia agricultural health and safety survey

Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 37-47

  Mariger, Stanley C ^a   Grisso, Robert D ^a   Perumpral, John V ^a   Sorenson, Ann W ^b   Christensen, Nedra K ^b   Miller, Rhonda L ^c  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Nutrition and Food Science ^*

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural hazards; Agricultural safety; Injury rate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; VIRGINIA; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 63249096556     PISSN: 10747583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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