An assessment and quantification of the rates, costs, and risk factors of occupational amputations: Analysis of Kentucky workers' compensation claims, 1994-2003

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1031-1038

  McCall, Brian P ^a   Horwitz, Irwin B ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Department of Management Policy and Community Health ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Amputations; Occupational safety; Surveillance; Workers' compensation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; COST; FEMALE; HAND INJURY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; UNITED STATES; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION, TRAUMATIC; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KENTUCKY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; WORKERS' COMPENSATION; WORKPLACE;

EID: 33845257348     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20390     Document Type: Article

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