Costs of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses

by Steven B. Markowitz, Philip J. Landrigan, J. Paul Leigh, et al.

As the debate over health care reform continues, costs have become a critical measure in the many plans and proposals to come before us. Knowing costs is important because it allows comparisons across such disparate health conditions as AIDS, Alzheimer's disease, heart disease, and cancer. This book presents the results of a major study estimating the large and largely overlooked costs of occupational injury and illness--costs as large as those for...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472110810
• ISBN13: 9780472110810
• Release Date: July 2000
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"