The relationship of unions to prevalence and claim filing for work-related upper-extremity musculoskeletal disorders

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 83-93

  Morse, Tim ^b   Punnett, Laura ^a   Warren, Nicholas ^b   Dillon, Charles ^c   Warren, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Claim filing; Cumulative trauma disorder; Ergonomics; Musculoskeletal disorders; Unions; Workers' compensation

Indexed keywords

ARM DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; TRADE UNION; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONNECTICUT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REPORTING; INTERVIEWS; LABOR UNIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONS; SAMPLING STUDIES; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 0038826334     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.10234     Document Type: Article

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