Are employment shifts into non-manufacturing industries partially responsible for the decline in occupational injury rates?

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 735-741

  Morse, Tim F ^a,c   Deloreto, Albert ^b   St Louis, Thomas ^b   Meyer, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b CDC   (United States)

^c MC 6210   (United States)

Author keywords

Bureau of Labor Statistics; Industrial sector; Occupational health; Occupational injuries and illnesses; Under reporting

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BUILDING INDUSTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORK SCHEDULE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; INDUSTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONNECTICUT; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349136752     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20742     Document Type: Article

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