The impact of the business cycle on occupational injuries in the UK

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 178-182

  Davies, Rhys ^a   Jones, Paul ^b   Nuñez, Imanol ^c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Business cycles; Economic activity; UK; Workplace; Workplace injury rates

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS CYCLE; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; WORKPLACE;

ACCIDENTAL INJURY; ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKPLACE;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ECONOMICS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMIC; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 67649354235     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.04.033     Document Type: Article

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