The hospital costs of treating work-related sawmill injuries in British Columbia

Injury

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 631-639

  Alamgir, Hasanat ^a   Tompa, Emile ^b   Koehoorn, Mieke ^a   Ostry, Aleck ^a   Demers, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Hospital costs; Sawmills; Work related injury; Workers' compensation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BURN; CANADA; COMPENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISLOCATION; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL BILLING; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; LIMB FRACTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPRAIN;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BRITISH COLUMBIA; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; WORKERS' COMPENSATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 34247471550     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2006.10.004     Document Type: Article

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