Economic consequences of accidents to hands and forearms by log splitters and circular saws: Cost of illness study

Journal of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 28-34

  Eriksson, Martin ^a   Karlsson, Johan ^a   Carlsson, Katarina Steen ^a,b,c   Dahlin, Lars B ^d   Rosberg, Hans Eric ^e  

^a Department of Economics ^*  (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Swedish Institute for Health Sciences   (Sweden)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

circular saw; cost of illness; DASH; Hand injury; log splitter

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; CHILD; COST OF ILLNESS; DISABILITY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FORESTRY; HAND INJURY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED;

ACCIDENTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPUTATION; ARM INJURIES; CHILD; COST OF ILLNESS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FORESTRY; HAND INJURIES; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952769790     PISSN: 2000656X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/2000656X.2010.542654     Document Type: Article

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