Risk factors for work related injury among male farmers

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 312-318

  Day, L ^a   Voaklander, D ^b   Sim, M ^a   Wolfe, R ^a   Langley, J ^c   Dosman, J ^d   Hagel, L ^d   Ozanne Smith, J ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAN MACHINE INTERACTION; MEN'S HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RISK FACTOR; TRAINING;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; AGRICULTURE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUSE OF DEATH; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; VICTORIA; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 66249146923     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2008.040808     Document Type: Article

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