A Retrospective Evaluation of Injuries to Australian Urban Firefighters (2003 to 2012): Injury Types, Locations, and Causal Mechanisms

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 757-764

  Taylor, Nigel A S ^a   Dodd, Megan J ^b   Taylor, Elizabeth A ^a   Donohoe, Alison M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b New South Wales Government   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FIRE; FIRE FIGHTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERIALS HANDLING; MUSCLE STRESS; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; AGED; BENCHMARKING; CAUSALITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; AGED; BENCHMARKING; CAUSALITY; FEMALE; FIREFIGHTERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 84938281426     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000000438     Document Type: Article

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