Compensation costs of work-related back disorders among union carpenters, Washington State 1989-2003

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 587-595

  Lipscomb, Hester J ^a   Dement, John M ^a   Silverstein, Barbara ^b   Cameron, Wilfrid ^c   Glazner, Judith E ^d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Safety and Health Assessment and Research Program (SHARP)   (United States)

^c The Center for Construction Research and Training   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Carpenters; Construction workers; Costs (health care, indemnity, impairment); Musculoskeletal; Work related back disorders; Workers'compensation

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; BILLING AND CLAIMS; COST; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INJURY; MEDICAL CARE; OVEREXERTION; REIMBURSEMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINE DISEASE; WORK DISABILITY; WORKMAN COMPENSATION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGE; BACK INJURIES; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRODUCTIVITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WASHINGTON; WOOD; WORKPLACE;

AGE FACTORS; BACK INJURIES; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EFFICIENCY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; WASHINGTON; WOOD; WORKERS' COMPENSATION; WORKPLACE;

EID: 67650491009     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20715     Document Type: Article

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