Incidence and predictors of onboard injuries among Sri Lankan flight attendants

BMC Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Agampodi, Suneth B ^a   Dharmaratne, Samath D ^b   Agampodi, Thilini C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRPLANE CREW; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BODY WEIGHT; BURN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONTUSION; DISLOCATION; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; LIMB INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MUSCLE STRAIN; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPRAIN; SRI LANKA; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT; INCIDENCE; INJURY; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTS, AVIATION; ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; SRI LANKA; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 68349160310     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-227     Document Type: Article

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