Socioeconomic Status and Injury in a Cohort of Saskatchewan Farmers

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 245-254

  Pickett, William ^a   Day, Andrew G ^b   Hagel, Louise ^c   Sun, Xiaoqun ^b   Day, Lesley ^d   Marlenga, Barbara ^e   Brison, Robert J ^a   Pahwa, Punam ^c,f   Crowe, Trever ^g   Voaklander, Donald C ^h   Dosman, James ^c  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b KINGSTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biostatistics; Epidemiology; Farm injury; Social determinants of health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POVERTY; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; AGRICULTURE; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POVERTY; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SASKATCHEWAN; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959995013     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: 17480361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2010.00344.x     Document Type: Article

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