Non-fatal construction industry fall-related injuries treated in US emergency departments, 1998-2005

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 128-135

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

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Construction workers; Falls; National estimate; NEISS Work; Occupational injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FACTUAL DATABASE; FALLING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78751684760     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20880     Document Type: Article

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