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Occupational accidents in Swedish construction trades

Leif BerglundDepartment of Business Administration, Technology and Social Sciences, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden
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Maria JohanssonDepartment of Business Administration, Technology and Social Sciences, Luleå University of Technology, SwedenORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4314-7032
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Magnus NygrenDepartment of Business Administration, Technology and Social Sciences, Luleå University of Technology, SwedenCorrespondence[email protected]
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Björn SamuelsonDepartment of Business Administration, Technology and Social Sciences, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden
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Magnus StenbergDepartment of Business Administration, Technology and Social Sciences, Luleå University of Technology, SwedenORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1224-4873
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Jan JohanssonDepartment of Business Administration, Technology and Social Sciences, Luleå University of Technology, SwedenORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1367-3277
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Pages 552-561 | Published online: 06 May 2019

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