Traumatic brain injuries in the construction industry

Brain Injury

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 873-878

  Colantonio, Angela ^a   McVittie, Doug ^b   Lewko, John ^c   Yin, Junlang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Construction Safety Association ^*  (Canada)

^c LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Construction; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN CONCUSSION; BUILDING INDUSTRY; CANADA; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FALLING; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKING TIME; WORKPLACE;

EID: 70349671092     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699050903036033     Document Type: Article

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