Electric shocks at work in europe: Development of a job exposure matrix

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 261-267

  Huss, Anke ^a,b   Vermeulen, Roel ^a,c   Bowman, Joseph D ^d   Kheifets, Leeka ^e   Kromhout, Hans ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC HAZARD; ELECTRIC INJURY; ELECTRIC SHOCK; EUROPE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ELECTRIC INJURIES; ELECTRICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OCCUPATIONS; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; WORK;

EID: 84876030926     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2012-100732     Document Type: Article

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