Costs differences across demographic groups and types of occupational injuries and illnesses

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 845-853

  Leigh, J Paul ^a,c   Waehrer, Geetha ^b   Miller, Ted R ^b   McCurdy, Stephen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Economics; Jobs; OSHA

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CAUCASIAN; COURT; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FATALITY; FEMALE; FISHING; FORESTRY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OFFICE WORKER; RACE DIFFERENCE; SALARY; SEX DIFFERENCE; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGRICULTURE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FISHERIES; FORESTRY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WORKERS' COMPENSATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 33749134056     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20374     Document Type: Article

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