@article{ref1,
title="Industrial sectors with high risk of women's hospital-treated injuries",
journal="American journal of industrial medicine",
year="2006",
author="Kines, Pete and Hannerz, Harald and Mikkelsen, Kim Lyngby and Tüchsen, F.",
volume="50",
number="1",
pages="13 - 21",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Women's occupational injury rates are converging with those of males. Associations between female workers' hospital treated injury rates, industrial sector and injured body area were analyzed to provide for better-focused injury prevention of women's hazardous jobs. METHODS: Females' standardized hospital treatment ratios (SHR) and the excess fraction for five body regions (head/neck, thorax, back, upper and lower extremities) were calculated for 58 industrial sectors for 1999-2003. RESULTS: Five industrial sectors, &quot;Cleaning, laundries and dry cleaners,&quot; &quot;Transport of passengers,&quot; &quot;Hotels and restaurants,&quot; &quot;Hospitals&quot; and &quot;Transport of goods&quot; had significantly high SHRs for all five body regions. The excess fraction for upper extremity injuries revealed that 14%-27% of injuries could theoretically have been avoided. CONCLUSIONS: There is strong evidence for an association between women's hospital treated injuries and industrial sector. The results justify the need for gender-sensitive analyses to orient injury prevention programs.</p>  <p></p>  <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0271-3586",
doi="10.1002/ajim.20408",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajim.20408"
}