Epidemiology of occupational injuries by nationality in Qatar: Evidence for focused occupational safety programmes

Injury

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1806-1813

  Al Thani, Hassan ^a   El Menyar, Ayman ^b,c   Consunji, Rafael ^b   Mekkodathil, Ahammed ^b   Peralta, Ruben ^a   Allen, Katharine A ^d   Hyder, Adnan A ^d  

^a HAMAD GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Qatar)

^b HGH   (Qatar)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Qatar)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fatal occupational injuries; Occupational injuries; Qatar; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BANGLADESHI; FATALITY; FEMALE; FILIPINO (PEOPLE); HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INDIA; INDIAN; INDONESIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPAL; NEPALESE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QATAR; AGE DISTRIBUTION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES; QATAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TRAUMA CENTERS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84939570993     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2015.04.023     Document Type: Article

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