Occupational injuries among nurses and aides in a hospital setting

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 117-126

  Boden, Leslie I ^a   Sembajwe, Grace ^b   Tveito, Torill H ^b,c   Hashimoto, Dean ^b,d,e   Hopcia, Karen ^d,e   Kenwood, Christopher ^f   Stoddard, Anne M ^f   Sorensen, Glorian ^b,d,e  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d PARTNERS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^e DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

Author keywords

Healthcare workers; Hospital injury rates; Occupational injuries; OSHA recordable injuries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; NURSES' AIDES; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 84855211198     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.21018     Document Type: Article

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