Economic consequences of workplace injuries and illnesses: Lost earnings and benefit adequacy

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 487-503

  Boden, Leslie I ^a,c   Galizzi, Monica ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost of illness; Disability; Economics; Employment; Occupational diseases; Occupational injuries; Workers' compensation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; REIMBURSEMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TAX; UNITED STATES; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INCOME; INSURANCE, DISABILITY; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; TAXES; TIME FACTORS; UNEMPLOYMENT; WISCONSIN; WORKERS' COMPENSATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0032845423     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199911)36:5<487::AID-AJIM1>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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