Incidence of work injuries amongst Danish adolescents and their association with work environment factors

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 143-152

  Rasmussen, Kurt ^a   Hansen, Claus D ^a,b   Nielsen, Kent J ^a   Andersen, Johan H ^a  

^a HERNING HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Denmark; Injuries; Lifestyle; Work accidents; Work environment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DENMARK; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; WORKPLACE;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 78751680203     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20911     Document Type: Article

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