Journal article
Epidemiology of work-related injuries requiring hospitalization among sawmill workers in British Columbia, 1989–1997
Abstract
This study describes hospitalized injuries among workers in British Columbia lumber industry. Between April 1989 and December 1997, from the hospital records of 5,745 male sawmill workers were analyzed for the present study. Work relatedness was determined using either ICD-9 external cause of injury codes, which have a digit-indicating place of occurrence, or a payment field, which can identify workers compensation agency. Poisson regression …
Authors
Alamgir H; Demers PA; Koehoorn M; Ostry A; Tompa E
Journal
European Journal of Epidemiology, Vol. 22, No. 4, pp. 273–280
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
April 2007
DOI
10.1007/s10654-007-9122-5
ISSN
0393-2990