Do we have a disability epidemic?

Handbook of Complex Occupational Disability Claims: Early Risk Identification, Intervention, and Prevention

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 7-24

  Melhorn, J Mark ^a   Lazarovic, Jacob ^b   Roehl, Wanda K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE WICHITA   (United States)

^b Broadspire Services Inc   (United States)

^c Raytheon Aircraft Company   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/0-387-28919-4_1     Document Type: Chapter

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