Objective To compare fatal and hospitalized nonfatal work-related traumatic injuries by occupation and cause. Methods Fatal and hospitalized nonfatal injuries occurring from 1991±1995 were identi®ed from Washington State workers' compensation claims data. Nonfatal injuries were classi®ed as severe i
Global estimates of fatal work-related diseases
✍ Scribed by Päivi Hämäläinen; Jukka Takala; Kaija Leena Saarela
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 206 KB
- Volume
- 50
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0271-3586
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