A Case‐crossover Study of Transient Risk Factors for Occupational Traumatic Hand Injuries in Incheon, Korea
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Abstract: A Case-crossover Study of Transient Risk Factors for Occupational Traumatic Hand Injuries
injuries. Since occupational hand injuries occur as a result of acute exogenous force, most causes of occupational hand injuries are transient risk factors occurring immediately before injury occurs. Triggers can be reasonably defined as preceding causes in causal relationships. When many different causes exist causing the same outcome, the probability that a certain outcome will occur can be r...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Occupational Health
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1341-9145,1348-9585
DOI: 10.1539/joh.11-0101-fs