Under-reporting of work-related musculoskeletal disorders in the Veterans Administration

International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 461-474

  Siddharthan, Kris ^a   Hodgson, Michael ^b   Rosenberg, Deborah ^a   Haiduven, Donna ^a   Nelson, Audrey ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Employees; Focus groups; Health services sector; Injuries; Regression analysis; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748291436     PISSN: 09526862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09526860610686971     Document Type: Article

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