Workdays lost due to occupational injuries among young workers in Brazil

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 917-925

  Santana, Vilma S ^a   Villaveces, Andrés ^b   Bangdiwala, Shrikant I ^b   Runyan, Carol W ^c   Albuquerque Oliveira, Paulo Rogério ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c Global Health and Health Disparities   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Disability workdays; Occupational injuries; Workdays lost; Workers compensation data; Young workers

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; DISABILITY; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SOCIAL SECURITY; STATISTICS; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BRAZIL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SOCIAL SECURITY; WORKERS' COMPENSATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866157156     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22099     Document Type: Article

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