The law and incomplete database information as confounders in epidemiologic research on occupational injuries and illnesses

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 23-36

  Zaidman, Brian ^a   Oleinick, Arthur ^b  

^a Research and Statistics   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Capture recapture; Epidemiologic methods; Occupational accidents; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISABILITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSURANCE; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REPORTING; MALE; MINNESOTA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RESEARCH DESIGN; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 74949114773     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20763     Document Type: Article

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