Significant injuries in Australian veterinarians and use of safety precautions

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 327-333

  Lucas, Michael ^a   Day, Lesley ^b   Shirangi, Adeleh ^c   Fritschi, Lin ^a  

^a SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Injury; Safety precautions; Veterinarians

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ANIMAL CARE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BITE; BRAIN INJURY; CAT; CATTLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISLOCATION; DOG; FACE INJURY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HEAD INJURY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HORSE; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKIN BRUISING; TRAUMATIC AMPUTATION; VETERINARY MEDICINE; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BITES AND STINGS; CATS; CATTLE; DOGS; FEMALE; HORSES; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; VETERINARIANS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 67949089758     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqp070     Document Type: Article

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