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Article: Back Injury In Municipal Workers: A Case-Control Study.
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- Physical Therapy
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- January 1, 2000
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Back Injury In Municipal Workers: A Case-Control Study
Myers AH, Baker SP, Li G, et al (Department of Health Policy and Management and Department of Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health; Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md; Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis), Am J Public Health. 1999;89:1036-1041.
Low back injuries result in more absence from work than any other injury or disease. Back injuries account for 24% of all work-related injuries and result in 31% of total compensation costs. Municipal workers are a group who are at ...