Surveillance of construction worker injuries: The utility of trade-specific analysis

Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 459-470

  Hunting, Katherine L ^a   Welch, Laura S ^b   Nessel Stephens, Lisa ^c   Anderson, Judith ^a   Mawudeku, Abla ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Construction; Occupational Injuries; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCTION WORK; FALLING; HUMAN; LACERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 85012504071     PISSN: 1047322X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/104732299302666     Document Type: Article

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