Noise exposure and serious injury to active sawmill workers in British Columbia

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 211-216

  Kling, Rakel N ^a   Demers, Paul A ^a   Alamgir, Hasanat ^b   Davies, Hugh W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Occupational Health and Safety Agency for Healthcare in British Columbia   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLOMBIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOISE INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; WORKER; WORKPLACE;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; BRITISH COLUMBIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; WOOD;

EID: 84857361330     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2010.058107     Document Type: Article

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