Age and lost working days as a result of an occupational accident: A study in a shiftwork rotation system

Safety Science

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1359-1363

  Blanch, Angel ^a,b   Torrelles, Blai ^c   Aluja, Anton ^a,b   Salinas, José Antonio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^c Check Risc SL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Age; Occupational accidents; Shiftwork

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGE GROUPS; MAIN EFFECT; NEGATIVE BINOMIAL REGRESSION; NON-LINEAR; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENTS; REGRESSION EQUATION; SHIFTWORK;

ASSOCIATION REACTIONS; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ACCIDENTS;

ABSENTEEISM; ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIFT WORKER; WORK DISABILITY; WORK EXPERIENCE;

EID: 69249235591     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2009.03.001     Document Type: Article

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