Nonfatal work-related motor vehicle injuries treated in emergency departments in the United States, 1998-2002

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 698-706

  Chen, Guang X ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency department; Motor vehicle crash; Motor vehicle injury; Occupational injury; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORBIDITY; MOTOR VEHICLE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68949159722     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20726     Document Type: Article

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