Rates of claims for cumulative trauma disorder of the upper extremity in Ontario workers during 1997

Chronic Diseases in Canada

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 22-31

  Zakaria, Dianne ^a   Robertson, James ^b   Koval, John ^b   MacDermid, Joy ^c,d   Hartford, Kathleen ^e  

^a CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH INFORMATION   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c ST JOSEPH S HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e LAWSON HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Algorithm misclassification; Cumulative trauma disorder; Poisson regression; Rates; Sex interactions; Surveillance; Upper extremity; Workers' compensation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; CANADA; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDER; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; SEX RATIO; WORKER; WORKMAN COMPENSATION; WORKPLACE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALGORITHMS; ARM INJURIES; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REPORTING; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; ONTARIO; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 2542455684     PISSN: 02288699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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