Nonfatal construction industry-related injuries treated in hospital emergency departments in the United states, 1998-2005

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 570-580

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

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Construction; Emergency department; Injury; Occupational; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH (U.S.); OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952732713     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20829     Document Type: Article

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