The cost effectiveness of occupational health interventions: Preventing occupational back pain

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 515-529

  Lahiri, Supriya ^a   Markkanen, Pia ^a   Levenstein, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

Back pain; Cost of interventions; Cost effectiveness; Economic evaluation of occupational interventions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CANADA; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; EGYPT; ENGINEERING; ERGONOMICS; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDUSTRIALIZATION; IRAQ; MOROCCO; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; SIMULATION; STRESS; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YEMEN;

BACK PAIN; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROGRAM EVALUATION; WORLD HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 28544444393     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20193     Document Type: Article

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