Disabling occupational injury in the US construction industry, 1996

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1161-1168

  Courtney, Theodore K ^a   Matz, Simon ^a   Webster, Barbara S ^a  

^a LIBERTY MUTUAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR SAFETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSTRUCTION WORK; DISABILITY; EYE INJURY; FINGER INJURY; FOREIGN BODY; HAND INJURY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ABSENTEEISM; ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; DISABLED PERSONS; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; LOW BACK PAIN; UNITED STATES; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 0036915442     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043764-200212000-00010     Document Type: Article

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