Slip, trip, and fall injuries among nursing care facility workers

Workplace Health and Safety

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 147-152

  Bell, Jennifer L ^a   Collins, James W ^a   Tiesman, Hope M ^a   Ridenour, Marilyn ^a   Konda, Srinivas ^a   Wolf, Laurie ^b   Evanoff, Bradley ^c  

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

^b BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING HOME; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; NURSING HOMES; NURSING STAFF; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 84877949666     PISSN: 21650799     EISSN: 21650969     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/21650799-20130318-28     Document Type: Article

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