Public Health
Volume 122, Issue 8 , Pages 771-783 , August 2008

Occupational disparities in accidents and roles of lifestyle factors and disabilities: a population-based study in north-eastern France

  • M. Khlat

      Affiliations

    • Institut National d’Etudes Demographiques, 133 Boulevard Davout, 75980Paris Cedex 20, France
    • IFR25-IFRH ‘Institut Fédératif de Recherche sur le Handicap’, Villejuif, France
    • ,
  • J.F. Ravaud

      Affiliations

    • IFR25-IFRH ‘Institut Fédératif de Recherche sur le Handicap’, Villejuif, France
    • INSERM, U750, CERMES, Villejuif, F-94801, France; CNRS, UMR 8169, Villejuif, F-94801, France
    • ,
  • N. Brouard

      Affiliations

    • Institut National d’Etudes Demographiques, 133 Boulevard Davout, 75980Paris Cedex 20, France
    • IFR25-IFRH ‘Institut Fédératif de Recherche sur le Handicap’, Villejuif, France
    • ,
  • N. Chau

      Affiliations

    • IFR25-IFRH ‘Institut Fédératif de Recherche sur le Handicap’, Villejuif, France
    • INSERM, U669, Paris, F-75014, France
    • Univ Paris-Sud, U669, Paris, F-75014, France
    • Univ Paris Descartes, Paris, F-75014, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. INSERM, U669, 8 rue du Breuil, 54180 Heillecourt, France. Tel.: +33383576146.
    • ,
  • Lorhandicap Group

      Affiliations

    • IFR25-IFRH ‘Institut Fédératif de Recherche sur le Handicap’, Villejuif, France
    • INSERM, U669, Paris, F-75014, France

Received 25 January 2007 ,Revised 1 August 2007 ,Accepted 25 September 2007.

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PII: S0033-3506(07)00320-4

doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2007.09.012

Public Health
Volume 122, Issue 8 , Pages 771-783 , August 2008

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