Risk factors and prevalence of declined work ability among dairy farmers

Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 243-257

  Karttunen, J P ^a   Rautiainen, R H ^b,c  

^a TTS Work Efficiency Institute   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Age; Agriculture; Dairy; Disease; Farm; Gender; Health; Injury; Livestock; Occupational health; Risk; Work Ability Index

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; DAIRYING; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; DAIRYING; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; WORKLOAD; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 80051779157     PISSN: 10747583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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