TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2008//
TI  - Just in the wrong place...? Geographic tools for occupational injury/illness surveillance
JO  - American journal of industrial medicine
A1  - Neff, Roni A.
A1  - Curriero, Frank C.
A1  - Burke, Thomas A.
SP  - 680 
EP  -  690
VL  - 51
IS  - 9
N2  - BACKGROUND: Geographic analysis is now integral to public health surveillance, but has been underused for occupational injury/illness. METHODS: Mapping and spatial statistics are used to examine national county-level mean establishment Lost Workday Injury/Illness (LWDII) rates in the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Data Initiative (ODI), 1997-2001. The following questions are explored: Does occupational injury/illness vary geographically at the county level?; Does variation remain after accounting for industry hazard?; Where are rates higher or lower than expected? RESULTS: The methods provide evidence of geographic variation in nonfatal occupational injury/illness rates, including after adjusting for industry hazard. CONCLUSIONS: Geographic analyses can improve intervention targeting, suggest risk factors for investigation, and make the case for targeting resources to prevention in hard-hit areas, as well as improving ongoing surveillance.   <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0271-3586
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajim.20611
ID  - ref1
ER  -