A spatial cluster analysis of tractor overturns in Kentucky from 1960 to 2002

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Saman, Daniel M ^a   Cole, Henry P ^a   Odoi, Agricola ^b   Myers, Melvin L ^a   Carey, Daniel I ^c   Westneat, Susan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PARAMETERS; AGRICULTURAL PROCEDURES; AGRICULTURAL TRACTOR OVERTURN; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENERAL DEVICE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PASTURELAND; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TRACTOR; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; AGRICULTURE; DEVICE SAFETY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FORECASTING; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MOTOR VEHICLE; RISK; STATISTICS; TIME;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AGRICULTURE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FORECASTING; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KENTUCKY; MOTOR VEHICLES; RISK; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84856184859     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030532     Document Type: Article

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