Obesity and workers' compensation: Results from the duke health and safety surveillance system

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 167, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 766-773

  Østbye, Truls ^a   Dement, John M ^a   Krause, Katrina M ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BILLING AND CLAIMS; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNICITY; FALLING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PAIN; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SPRAIN; WORKING TIME; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; OBESITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 34247546571     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.167.8.766     Document Type: Article

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