Abstract:
:An occupational injury surveillance project was conducted in 15 of Iowa's 99 counties. Trained abstractors reviewed the medical records of persons admitted for trauma to hospitals during 1983. Based on these chart reviews, subsequent mail-out questionnaires and phone contacts were made, and rate estimates for occupational injury hospitalization for farmers and non-farmers were generated. The 1980 U.S. census data for occupation and market area data for the sample hospitals were used for the rate calculations. Approximately 14.7% of hospitalizations for trauma in the sample area were for work-related injuries. Farmers were hospitalized for occupational injuries at a rate of 1,521/100,000 compared to non-farmers at a rate of 497/100,000. There were no significant differences in the mean number of days per hospitalization for farmers versus non-farmers, (7.4 days for farmers and 6.7 days for non-farmers). Based on the questionnaire data, farmers were much less likely to receive any form of remuneration for injury, (odds ratio = 0.26, p less than 5 x 10(-6]. Farmers also reported less time off from work, with a mean of 79 days compared to non-farmers with a mean of 289 days.
journal_name
Am J Ind Medjournal_title
American journal of industrial medicineauthors
Fuortes LJ,Merchant JA,Van Lier SF,Burmeister LF,Muldoon Jdoi
10.1002/ajim.4700180213subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1990-01-01 00:00:00pages
211-22issue
2eissn
0271-3586issn
1097-0274journal_volume
18pub_type
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1002/ajim.20503
更新日期:2007-09-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1998-11-01 00:00:00
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doi:10.1002/ajim.4700230126
更新日期:1993-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1002/ajim.23067
更新日期:2020-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2003-03-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1002/ajim.22329
更新日期:2014-08-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1996-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:American journal of industrial medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1002/ajim.20158
更新日期:2005-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:American journal of industrial medicine
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doi:10.1002/ajim.4700220312
更新日期:1992-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:American journal of industrial medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1002/(sici)1097-0274(199705)31:5<572::aid-ajim1
更新日期:1997-05-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2015-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:American journal of industrial medicine
pub_type:
doi:10.1002/ajim.23119
更新日期:2020-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:American journal of industrial medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1002/ajim.4700180418
更新日期:1990-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:American journal of industrial medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1002/ajim.4700280405
更新日期:1995-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:American journal of industrial medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1002/ajim.20862
更新日期:2010-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:American journal of industrial medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1002/ajim.4700060208
更新日期:1984-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:American journal of industrial medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1002/(sici)1097-0274(199712)32:6<629::aid-ajim9
更新日期:1997-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:American journal of industrial medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1002/ajim.4700050409
更新日期:1984-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1002/ajim.20096
更新日期:2004-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:American journal of industrial medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1002/ajim.10012
更新日期:2001-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:American journal of industrial medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1002/ajim.4700180317
更新日期:1990-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:American journal of industrial medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1002/ajim.4700110310
更新日期:1987-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:American journal of industrial medicine
pub_type: 传,历史文章,杂志文章
doi:10.1002/ajim.4700270413
更新日期:1995-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:American journal of industrial medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1002/ajim.20383
更新日期:2006-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:American journal of industrial medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1002/(sici)1097-0274(200002)37:2<193::aid-ajim5
更新日期:2000-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:American journal of industrial medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1002/ajim.4700130209
更新日期:1988-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:American journal of industrial medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1002/ajim.4700070507
更新日期:1985-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:American journal of industrial medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1002/(sici)1097-0274(200003)37:3<296::aid-ajim8
更新日期:2000-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:American journal of industrial medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1002/ajim.1119
更新日期:2001-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:American journal of industrial medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1002/ajim.4700220412
更新日期:1992-01-01 00:00:00