Evaluation of the burden of logging injuries using West Virginia workers' compensation claims data from 1996 to 2001

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1039-1045

  Mujuru, Priscah ^a   Singla, Lisa ^a   Helmkamp, James ^a   Bell, Jennifer ^b   Wen Hu, M S ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

ICD 9 codes; Indemnity costs; Injury prevention; Logging injuries; Occupational injuries; Permanent disability; Traumatic brain injuries; Workers' compensation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; FALLING; FEMALE; HAND INJURY; HEAD AND NECK INJURY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LOGGING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; SPINE INJURY; UNITED STATES; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FORESTRY; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SICK LEAVE; WEST VIRGINIA; WORKERS' COMPENSATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33845257867     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20389     Document Type: Article

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