Relationship of work injury severity to family member hospitalization

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 506-513

  Asfaw, Abay G ^a   Bushnell, P Timothy ^a   Ray, Tapas K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Family health status; Outside workplace stress factors; Severe workplace injury; Work leave

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FAMILY HEALTH; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PSYCHOMETRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; FAMILY HEALTH; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77951477477     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20804     Document Type: Article

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