Occupational injuries in a commune in rural vietnam transitioning from agriculture to new industries

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 854-860

  Marucci Wellman, Helen ^a   Leamon, Tom B ^b   Willetts, Joanna L ^a   Binh, Ta Thi Tuyet ^c   Diep, Nguyen Bich ^c   Wegman, David H ^d   Kriebel, David ^d  

^a LIBERTY MUTUAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR SAFETY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c National Institute for Occupational and Environmental Health   (Viet Nam)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDUSTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; VIET NAM;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGRICULTURE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDUSTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; VIETNAM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79954574115     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2010.300019     Document Type: Article

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