Medical, personal, and occupational outcomes for work-related amputations in Minnesota

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 551-557

  Boyle, Debora ^a   Larson, Christina ^a   Parker, David ^a   Pessoa Brandão, Luisa ^b,c  

^a MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b Minneapolis Health Department   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Amputations; Injuries accidents; Outcomes; Public health; Surveillance; Work related injuries

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMPLOYABILITY; FINGER AMPUTATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

ABSENTEEISM; ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AMPUTATION, TRAUMATIC; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EMPLOYMENT; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; FINGER INJURIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MINNESOTA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034081649     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(200005)37:5<551::AID-AJIM11>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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