Estimated Occupational Injury Rate and work Related Factors Based on Data From the Fourth Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
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Jung, Dal-Young
(Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Inha University Hospital)
Kim, Hwan-Cheol (Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Inha University Hospital) Leem, Jong-Han (Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Inha University Hospital) Park, Shin-Goo (Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Inha University Hospital) Lee, Dong-Hoon (Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Inha University Hospital) Lee, Seung-Jun (Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Inha University Hospital) Kim, Gee-Woong (Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Inha University Hospital) |
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