Impact of organization on occupational injury risk: Evidence from high-speed railway construction

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 428-437

  Bena, Antonella ^a   Berchialla, Paola ^b   Debernardi, Maria Luisa ^a   Pasqualini, Osvaldo ^a   Farina, Elena ^a   Costa, Giuseppe ^b  

^a Department of Epidemiology ASL To3 ^*  (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Construction; Injury prevention; Occupational injury; Sentinel surveillance; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH; RAILWAY; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RAILROADS; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955663584     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20939     Document Type: Article

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