Exploring the relationship between employer recordkeeping and underreporting in the BLS survey of occupational injuries and Illnesses

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1133-1143

  Wuellner, Sara E ^a   Bonauto, David K ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Bureau of labor statistics; Injury underreporting; OSHA recordkeeping; Surveillance; Survey of occupational injuries and illnesses; Workers' compensation data; Workplace injuries and illnesses

Indexed keywords

GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL RECORD; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

DATA COLLECTION; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MEDICAL RECORDS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; WASHINGTON;

EID: 84908227264     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22350     Document Type: Article

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