The cost effectiveness of occupational health interventions: Prevention of silicosis

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 503-514

  Lahiri, Supriya ^a   Levenstein, Charles ^a   Nelson, Deborah Imel ^b   Rosenberg, Beth J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b Geological Society of America   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Economic evaluation of occupational interventions; Interventions; Silicosis

Indexed keywords

SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHINA; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; DISABILITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; ENGINEERING; EVALUATION; HUMAN; KOREA; MASK; MONGOLIA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; SILICOSIS; SIMULATION; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PILOT PROJECTS; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; SILICON DIOXIDE; SILICOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 28544434994     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20222     Document Type: Article

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