Occupational disability after hospitalization for the treatment of an injury of the anterior cruciate ligament

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1656-1666

  Dunn, Warren R ^a   Lincoln, Andrew E ^c   Hinton, Richard Y ^b   Smith, Gordon S ^d   Amoroso, Paul J ^e  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^b UNION MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c War Related Illness and Injury Study Center   (United States)

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

^e U S ARMY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; KNEE INJURY; KNEE LIGAMENT INJURY; LIGAMENT INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0141786913     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-200309000-00002     Document Type: Article

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