Risk factors for serious injury in finnish agriculture

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 419-428

  Rautiainen, Risto H ^a   Ledolter, Johannes ^b   Donham, Kelley J ^a   Ohsfeldt, Robert L ^c   Zwerling, Craig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Accident; Agriculture; Injury; Insurance; Workers' compensation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CLASSIFICATION; FINLAND; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; AGRICULTURE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WORKERS' COMPENSATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66549095863     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20688     Document Type: Article

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