Capture-recapture estimates of the undercount of workplace injuries and illnesses: Sensitivity analysis

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1090-1099

  Boden, Leslie I ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Capture recapture analysis; Injury surveillance; Occupational injury and illness reporting; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL LEAVE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES; PROCEDURES; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNCERTAINTY; UNITED STATES; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

CALIFORNIA; DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; SICK LEAVE; UNCERTAINTY; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 84908150729     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22247     Document Type: Article

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