Association between high temperature and work-related injuries in Adelaide, South Australia, 2001-2010

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 246-252

  Xiang, Jianjun ^a   Bi, Peng ^a   Pisaniello, Dino ^a   Hansen, Alana ^a   Sullivan, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTRICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; FORESTRY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMAL EXPOSURE; YOUNG ADULT;

HOT TEMPERATURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; FEMALE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDUSTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; WORKERS' COMPENSATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896693466     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2013-101584     Document Type: Article

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