Characterizing hazards and injuries among home care workers

Home Healthcare Nurse

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 387-393

  Wipfli, Brad ^a   Olson, Ryan ^a   Wright, Robert R ^a   Garrigues, Layla ^a   Lees, Joanne ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Hollin Consulting   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HOME HEALTH AIDES; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES; OREGON; SICK LEAVE;

EID: 84863438329     PISSN: 0884741X     EISSN: 15390713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NHH.0b013e31825b10ee     Document Type: Review

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