Workers' compensation costs among construction workers: A robust regression Analysis

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1306-1313

  Friedman, Lee S ^a   Forst, Linda S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCTION WORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

EID: 74549144265     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3181ba46bb     Document Type: Article

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