Targeting prevention programs for young and new healthcare workers: What is the association of age and job tenure with occupational injury in healthcare?

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 32-39

  Siow, Serena ^a,b   Ngan, Karen ^a   Yu, Shicheng ^a   Guzman, Jaime ^a,b  

^a Occupational Health and Safety Agency for Healthcare in British Columbia   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accidents; Age factors; Health personnel; Healthcare sector; Job tenure; Musculoskeletal diseases; Occupational; Work experience; Wounds and injuries

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TIME;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650061530     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20914     Document Type: Article

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