Occupational carbon monoxide poisoning among West Virginia workers' compensation claims: Diagnosis, treatment duration, and utilization

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 577-583

  Erdogan, M Sarper ^a   Islam, Syed S ^b,d   Chaudhari, Archana ^c   Ducatman, Alan M ^b  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c W Virginia Bureau for Public Health   (United States)

^d WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARBON MONOXIDE INTOXICATION; COMORBIDITY; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; DYSPNEA; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL TOXICOLOGY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX PAIN; UNITED STATES; VOMITING; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING; COMORBIDITY; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH PLANNING; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; TIME FACTORS; WEST VIRGINIA; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 2942537914     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jom.0000128157.24767.5b     Document Type: Article

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