Occupational fatalities, injuries, illnesses, and related economic loss in the wholesale and retail trade sector

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 673-685

  Anderson, Vern Putz ^a   Schulte, Paul A ^a   Sestito, John ^a   Linn, Herb ^a   Nguyen, Long S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Costs; Fatalities; Injuries; Occupational; Surveillance data; Wholesale retail trade

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; WORKPLACE;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; WORKPLACE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 77954253333     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20813.     Document Type: Review

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