TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2005//
TI  - Description of fatal occupational injury rates in five selected European Union countries: Austria, Finland, France, Spain and Sweden
JO  - Safety science
A1  - Benavides, Fernando G.
A1  - Benach, Joan
A1  - Martinez, J. M.
A1  - Gonzalez, S
SP  - 497
EP  - 502
VL  - 43
IS  - 8
N2  - BackgroundThe aim of the paper was to describe occupational injury rates in five selected European Union countries, in order to detect some patterns in rate trends.MethodsFatal injury crude rates per country and year for the period were calculated using the number of fatal injuries, and the total of employment from the International Labour Organization database. Log-linear models were adjusted for each country, and annual change percentages were estimated.ResultsRates have decreased in all selected countries. The magnitude of annual crude rate change percentages vary from -3.7 in Spain (1988-2001) to -6.7 in Sweden (1993-2001).ConclusionThe observed fall of fatal occupational injury rates in all selected EU countries, jointly with other developed countries strengthen the hypothesis that trends could be real.<p />
LA  - en
SN  - 0925-7535
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -