Differences in workers' compensation disability and impairment ratings under old and new California law

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 419-425

  Leigh, J Paul ^a,b   McCurdy, Stephen A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INJURY; LAW; LAWYER; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PHYSICIAN; UNITED STATES; WORKER; WORKMAN COMPENSATION; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; INJURY SCALE; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

CLUSIA (ANGIOSPERM);

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CALIFORNIA; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WORKERS' COMPENSATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33646823978     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jom.0000194154.63069.e7     Document Type: Article

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