Are female healthcare workers at higher risk of occupational injury?

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 149-152

  Alamgir, Hasanat ^a   Yu, Shicheng ^a   Drebit, Sharla ^a   Fast, Catherine ^b   Kidd, Catherine ^b  

^a Occupational Health and Safety Agency for Healthcare in British Columbia   (Canada)

^b VANCOUVER COASTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gender; Healthcare workers; Musculoskeletal injury; Occupational injury

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BRITISH COLUMBIA; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; WORKERS' COMPENSATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 65549092410     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqp011     Document Type: Article

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