Patterns of work injuries: Cases admitted to emergency room treatment compared to cases reported to the Danish Working Environment Authority during 2003-2010

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 97-103

  Lander, Flemming ^a   Nielsen, Kent Jacob ^a   Rasmussen, Kurt ^a   Lauritsen, Jens M ^b  

^a HERNING HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTHORITY; EMERGENCY CARE; EYE INJURY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDUSTRY; LACERATION; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; VERY ELDERLY; WORK ENVIRONMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DENMARK; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892801324     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2013-101559     Document Type: Article

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