Job-related diseases and occupations within a large workers' compensation data set

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 197-211

  Leigh, J Paul ^a,b   Miller, Ted R ^c  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Natl Pub Serv Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Deaths; Illnesses; Jobs; Supplementary data system; Workers compensation

Indexed keywords

ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ASBESTOSIS; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DEATH; DERMATITIS; DISABILITY; DRIVER; FIRE FIGHTER; HEARING LOSS; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANUAL LABOR; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL TOXICOLOGY; OFFICE WORKER; SILICOSIS; STROKE; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

EID: 0031890811     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199803)33:3<197::AID-AJIM1>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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