Is seat belt use associated with fewer days of lost work after motor vehicle collisions?

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1009-1014

  Metzger, Jesse ^a   McGwin Jr , Gerald ^a,b   MacLennan, Paul A ^a,b   Rue III, Loring W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b Kentucky   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; POLICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALARY; SEATBELT; SURVIVAL; TIME; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE; ADULT; CAR; COST CONTROL; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROBABILITY; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ABBREVIATED INJURY SCALE; ABSENTEEISM; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AUTOMOBILES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COST OF ILLNESS; COST SAVINGS; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MARKOV CHAINS; MIDDLE AGED; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MORBIDITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; SEAT BELTS; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 2942737068     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TA.0000124303.68187.C1     Document Type: Article

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