Epidemiology, surveillance, and prevention of farm tractor overturn fatalities

Journal of Agromedicine

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 164-171

  Cole, Henry ^a,b   McKnight, Robert ^a,b   Donovan, Teresa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UK College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Demographics; Economics; Farm; Fatalities; Tractor overturn

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; MOTOR VEHICLE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AGRICULTURE; APPALACHIAN REGION; CENSUSES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MOTOR VEHICLES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE;

EID: 68949197310     PISSN: 1059924X     EISSN: 15450813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10599240902805991     Document Type: Conference Paper

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