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Characteristics of injuries resulting from falls from height in the construction industry

INTRODUCTION: Falls from heights contribute to 34% of fatal accidents in Singapore. Of these, 51% of the accidents occur in the construction industry. This retrospective review, of all persons falling from heights in the construction industry from 2006 to 2012 and attending a major hospital, analyse...

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Autores principales:	Anantharaman, Venkataraman, Zuhary, Thajudeen Mohammed, Ying, Hao, Krishnamurthy, Natarajan
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2022
Materias:	Original Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10144449/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35139629 http://dx.doi.org/10.11622/smedj.2022017

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