| Document ID (ISN) | 109237 |
| CIS number |
09-82 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
1076-2752 - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine |
| Year |
2008 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Friedman L.S., Forst L. |
| Title |
Ethnic disparities in traumatic occupational injury |
| Bibliographic information |
Mar. 2008, Vol.50, No.3, p.350-358. 32 ref. |
| Abstract |
Workers of different ethnicities differ in patterns of employment and occupational risks. This study used the Illinois Trauma Registry to evaluate ethnic disparities among the occupational injuries occurring in the State between 1997 and 2003. Factors analyzed included incidence, severity, cause and place of injury, disability and in-hospital mortality. The incidence rates among Hispanics were more than twice than whites, however, their risk of severe injury less than half. Among African-American workers, the incidence and severity of injuries were lower than whites. Machinery was the primary cause of injury among Hispanics. Finally, African-Americans were found to be disproportionately injured in road accidents, homicides and assaults. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
race-linked differences; USA; occupational accidents |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
machinery; injuries; severity rates; violence; frequency rates; fatalities |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | USA |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
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| Broad subject area(s) |
Industries and occupations
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| Browse category(ies) |
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