| Document ID (ISN) | 101708 |
| CIS number |
03-665 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0271-3586 - American Journal of Industrial Medicine |
| Year |
2003 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Virtanen S.V., Notkola V., Luukkonen R., Eskola E., Kurppa K. |
| Title |
Work injuries among Finnish farmers: A national register linkage study 1996- 1997 |
| Bibliographic information |
Mar. 2003, Vol.43, No.3, p.314-325. Illus. 28 ref. |
| Abstract |
Farming is one of the most injury-prone occupations in Finland as it is in other countries. The objectives of this study were to describe work injuries of Finnish farmers and to compare occupational injury rates between various subgroups. A cohort of 69,629 full-time farmers and their 11,657 compensated injuries were identified from an insurance company database. Using cohort, population census and farm register data, relative incidence rates were calculated using Poisson regression. Men had higher injury rates than women, except with regard to injuries caused by animals. Dairy and hog farming were the riskiest activities. In dairy farms, injury rates increased with the number of cows. Only half of insured farmers in Finland are full-time farmers, which may have led to an underestimation of risk in Finnish injury statistics. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
occupational accidents; Finland; agriculture; risk factors; injuries |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
livestock rearing; cohort study; handling of animals; dairy farming; frequency rates; sex-linked differences; statistical evaluation; poisson distribution; compensation of occupational accidents |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | Finland |
| Subject(s) |
Agriculture, fishing, animal husbandry
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Industries and occupations
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| Browse category(ies) |
Agriculture
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