Musculoskeletal disorder costs and medical claim filing in the US retail trade sector

Industrial Health

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 517-522

  Bhattacharya, Anasua ^a   Leigh, J Paul ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Low back syndrome; Lumbar region; Marketscan

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSURANCE; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051717713     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.MS1203     Document Type: Article

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