Prognostic factors of long-term disability in a workers' compensation system

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 31-40

  Stover, Bert ^a   Wickizer, Thomas M ^a   Zimmerman, Fred ^a   Fulton Kehoe, Deborah ^a   Franklin, Gary ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BUILDING INDUSTRY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOGGING; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECONDARY PREVENTION; UNEMPLOYMENT; WORK DISABILITY; WORKER; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; WASHINGTON; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 33846205523     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jom.0000250491.37986.b6     Document Type: Article

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