The use of state workers' compensation administrative data to identify injury scenarios and quantify costs of work-related traumatic brain injuries

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 75-81

  Wrona, Ronald M ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIES   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

ANSI Z16.2 Injury Typology; Cost of work related TBI; Industry Specific Injury Scenarios for TBI; Occupations and industries with high frequencies of TBI; WC Data and TBI

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DATA REDUCTION; INSURANCE; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ANSI Z16.2 INJURY TYPOLOGY; COST OF WORK RELATED TBI; INDUSTRY SPECIFIC INJURY SCENARIOS FOR TBI; OCCUPATIONS AND INDUSTRIES WITH HIGH FREQUENCIES OF TBI; WC DATA AND TBI;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; WASHINGTON; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 33644879195     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2005.08.008     Document Type: Article

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