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Occupational Injuries

A Review of Incidence and Factors Associated with Occurrence while at Work

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Handbook of Immigrant Health

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This chapter encompasses a brief synopsis of information on the occurrence of occupational injury. It includes information exclusively from the United States and focuses mostly on fatalities, as opposed to nonfatal injuries. Information referenced is largely published in the 1990s but findings from reports in the 1970s and 1980s are given as needed for balance and completeness. Though sparse, information is given when it is available about occupational injuries in immigrant populations.

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  1. Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, and Center for Occupational and Environmental Health, University of California at Los Angeles, and Southern California Injury Prevention Research Center, Los Angeles, California, 90095-1772, USA

    Jess F. Kraus

  2. Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of California at Los Angeles, and Southern California Injury Prevention Research Center, Los Angeles, California, 90095-1772, USA

    Amy S. Lightstone & David L. McArthur

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Kraus, J.F., Lightstone, A.S., McArthur, D.L. (1998). Occupational Injuries. In: Loue, S. (eds) Handbook of Immigrant Health. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1936-6_21

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