Roles of age, length of service and job in work-related injury: A prospective study of 63,620 person-years in female workers

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 172-183

  Chau, Nearkasen ^a   Dehaene, Dominique ^b   Benamghar, Lahoucine ^a   Bourgkard, Eve ^c   Mur, Jean Marie ^a   Touron, Christian ^b   Wild, Pascal ^d  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b SNCF   (France)

^c INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE ET DE SÉCURITÉ   (France)

^d PW Statistical Consulting   (France)

Author keywords

Experience; Female workers; Job; Older age; Work related injury; Younger age

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; EXPERIENCE; FALLING; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKERS; FRANCE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OLDER AGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RAILWAY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TIME; WORK; WORK-RELATED INJURY; YOUNG ADULT; YOUNGER AGE;

EXPERIENCE; FEMALE WORKERS; JOB; OLDER AGE; WORK-RELATED INJURY; YOUNGER AGE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIFTING; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RAILROADS; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891923627     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22259     Document Type: Article

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