The impact of occupational injury reduction on the U.S. economy

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 719-727

  Zaloshnja, Eduard ^a   Miller, Ted R ^a   Waehrer, Geetha ^a  

^a PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EVALUATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic impact; Input output model; Occupational injury

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMPLOYMENT; INCOME; MEASUREMENT; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MODELS, ECONOMIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33747886881     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20353     Document Type: Article

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