A gender perspective on work-related accidents

Safety Science

Volumn 64, Issue , 2014, Pages 190-198

  Jensen, Sune Qvotrup ^a   Kyed, Morten ^a   Christensen, Ann Dorte ^a   Bloksgaard, Lotte ^a   Hansen, Claus D ^a   Nielsen, Kent Jacob ^b  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b HERNING HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Accidents; Gender; Masculinity; Organizations; Safety

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SAFETY TESTING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

GENDER; GENDER RESEARCH; MASCULINITY; MUTUAL INTERACTION; SAFETY RESEARCH; SAFETY SCIENCE; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK; WORK ACCIDENTS;

ACCIDENTS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ETHNICITY; GENDER BIAS; HUMAN; MASCULINITY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRENGTH;

EID: 84892631987     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: 18791042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2013.12.004     Document Type: Article

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