Nonfatal tool- or equipment-related injuries treated in US emergency departments among workers in the construction industry, 1998-2005

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 581-587

  Lipscomb, Hester J ^a   Schoenfisch, Ashley L ^a   Shishlov, Kirill S ^b   Myers, Douglas J ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; INJURY SCALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH (U.S.); OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952720898     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20839     Document Type: Article

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