Lack of concordance between the ICD-9 classification of soft tissue disorders of the neck and upper limb and chart review diagnosis: One steel Mill's experience

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 171-182

  Buchbinder, Rachelle ^a,b,g   Goel, Vivek ^b,c,d   Bombardier, Claire ^e,f  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^g ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

classification; diagnosis; neck; soft tissue disorders; upper limb

Indexed keywords

ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; MALE; NECK INJURY; SCORING SYSTEM; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; STANDARD;

ADULT; ARM; ARM INJURIES; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; NECK; NECK INJURIES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHOULDER; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; STEEL;

EID: 0030067468     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199602)29:2<171::AID-AJIM7>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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