An Assessment of the Effects of Increased Regulatory Enforcement and Legislative Reform on Occupational Hearing Loss Workers' Compensation Claims: Oregon 1984-1998

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 417-427

  McCall, Brian P ^a   Horwitz, Irwin B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Hearing loss; Occupational safety; Public health; Workers' compensation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; UNITED STATES; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OREGON; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 2342653644     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20007     Document Type: Article

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