The costs of job accommodations for employees with low back pain

Work

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 271-278

  Halpern, Manny ^a  

^a NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost analysis; Low back pain; Occupational diseases; Prevention and control; Workers compensation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BUDGET; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DOCUMENTATION; EMPLOYEE; ERGONOMICS; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; JOB ANALYSIS; LOW BACK PAIN; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RISK FACTOR; THEORY;

COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; UNITED STATES; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 0344898143     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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