Cause, type, and workers' compensation costs of injury to fire fighters

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 454-458

  Walton, Surrey M ^a,b   Conrad, Karen M ^a   Furner, Sylvia E ^a   Samo, Daniel G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b College of Pharmacy ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cause; Costs; Injury; Overexertion; Worker's compensation

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK; FEMALE; FIRE FIGHTER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OVEREXERTION; SPRAIN; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERTION; FIRES; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; RESCUE WORK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 0037386767     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.10200     Document Type: Article

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