Workplace-related traumatic injuries: Insights from a rapidly developing middle eastern country

Journal of Environmental and Public Health

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Al Thani, Hassan ^a   El Menyar, Ayman ^a,b   Abdelrahman, Husham ^a   Zarour, Ahmad ^a,b   Consunji, Rafael ^a   Peralta, Ruben ^a   Asim, Mohammad ^a   El Hennawy, Hany ^a   Parchani, Ashok ^a   Latifi, Rifat ^a,c  

^a HAMAD GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Qatar)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Qatar)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARPENTER; FALLING; FATALITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QATAR; SOCIAL STATUS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; WORKPLACE RELATED TRAUMATIC INJURY; YOUNG ADULT; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; INCIDENCE;

ADULT; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES; QATAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896975758     PISSN: 16879805     EISSN: 16879813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2014/430832     Document Type: Article

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