Occupational injury surveillance using the washington state trauma registry

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1243-1250

  Sears, Jeanne M ^a   Bowman, Stephen M ^b   Adams, Darrin ^c   Silverstein, Barbara A ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Center for Injury Research and Policy   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; MACHINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 81155125625     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e31822cff63     Document Type: Article

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