Factors associated with worker slipping in limited-service restaurants

Injury Prevention

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 36-41

  Courtney, Theodore K ^a   Verma, Santosh ^a   Huang, Yueng Hsiang ^a   Chang, Wen Ruey ^a   Li, Kai Way ^a,b   Filiaggi, Alfred J ^a  

^a LIBERTY MUTUAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR SAFETY   (United States)

^b CHUNG HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BUILDING; CATERING SERVICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FALLING; FEMALE; FRICTION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SHOE; STATISTICS; SURFACE PROPERTY; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FLOORS AND FLOORCOVERINGS; FRICTION; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; RESTAURANTS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SHOES; SURFACE PROPERTIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77449117194     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2009.022749     Document Type: Article

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