Occupational upper extremity disorders in the federal workforce: Prevalence, health care expenditures, and patterns of work disability

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 546-555

  Feuerstein, Michael ^a,b   Miller, Virginia L ^c   Burrell, Lolita M ^a   Berger, Ruth ^c  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c United States Department of Labor   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM DISEASE; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FASCIA DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LIGAMENT DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONONEUROPATHY; MUSCLE DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; RADICULOPATHY; SOFT TISSUE DISEASE; TENDON DISEASE; UNITED STATES; WORK DISABILITY; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM INJURIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COST OF ILLNESS; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 0031817104     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043764-199806000-00007     Document Type: Article

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