Interventions to prevent injuries in construction workers

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2018, Issue 2, 2018, Pages

  van der Molen, Henk F ^a   Basnet, Prativa ^b   Hoonakker, Peter L T ^c   Lehtola, Marika M ^b   Lappalainen, Jorma ^d   Frings Dresen, Monique H W ^e   Haslam, Roger ^f   Verbeek, Jos H ^b  

^a Amsterdam Public Health research institute   (Netherlands)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^c University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^d LicSc(Tech)   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CONSTRUCTION WORKER; EFFECT SIZE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WORKPLACE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; BUILDING INDUSTRY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CONTROLLED BEFORE-AFTER STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERRUPTED TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES;

EID: 85041381832     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006251.pub4     Document Type: Review

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