Author: National Safety Council
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780879123192
Category : Accidents
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Author: National Safety Council
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780879122966
Category : Accidents
Languages : en
Pages : 220

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Author: National Safety Council
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780879122829
Category : Accidents
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Author: J. Paul Leigh
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 9780472110810
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 332

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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 cancer and over four times the costs of AIDS. The incidence and mortality of occupational injury and illness were assessed by reviewing data from national surveys and applied an attributable-risk-proportion method. Costs were assessed using the human capital method that decomposes costs into direct categories such as medical costs and insurance administration expenses, as well as indirect categories such as lost earnings and lost fringe benefits. The total is estimated to be $155 billion and is likely to be low as it does not include costs associated with pain and suffering or of home care provided by family members. Invaluable as an aid in the analysis of policy issues, Costs of Occupational Injuryand Illness will serve as a resource and reference for economists, policy analysts, public health researchers, insurance administrators, labor unions and labor lawyers, benefits managers, and environmental scientists, among others. J. Paul Leigh is Professor in the School of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of California, Davis. Stephen Markowitz, M.D., is Professor in the Department of Community Health and Social Medicine, City University of New York Medical School. Marianne Fahs is Director of the Health Policy Research Center, Milano Graduate School of Management and Urban Policy, New School University. Philip Landrigan, M.D., is Wise Professor and Chair of the Department of Community Medicine, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York.

Author: Nsc
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780879122584
Category : Accidents
Languages : en
Pages : 210

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Injury Factsr is the Council's annual compilation of data on fatal and nonfatal unintentional injuries that occur in the workplace, on streets and highways, and in homes and communities.

Author: National Safety Council (Förenta staterna)
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780879122003
Category : Accidents
Languages : en
Pages : 164

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Author: Amy A. Eyler
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190224657
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 409

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Resource added for the Health Navigator program 105392.

Author: National Safety Council. Public Safety Section. Committee on Public Accident Statistics
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 40

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Author: Marjorie Peden
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1437904068
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 67

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Every day thousands of people are killed and injured on our roads. Millions of people each year will spend long weeks in the hospital after severe crashes and many will never be able to live, work or play as they used to do. Current efforts to address road safety are minimal in comparison to this growing human suffering. This report presents a comprehensive overview of what is known about the magnitude, risk factors and impact of road traffic injuries, and about ways to prevent and lessen the impact of road crashes. Over 100 experts, from all continents and different sectors -- including transport, engineering, health, police, education and civil society -- have worked to produce the report. Charts and tables.

Author: National Research Council and Institute of Medicine
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309174309
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 334

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In Massachusetts, a 12-year-old girl delivering newspapers is killed when a car strikes her bicycle. In Los Angeles, a 14-year-old boy repeatedly falls asleep in class, exhausted from his evening job. Although children and adolescents may benefit from working, there may also be negative social effects and sometimes danger in their jobs. Protecting Youth at Work looks at what is known about work done by children and adolescents and the effects of that work on their physical and emotional health and social functioning. The committee recommends specific initiatives for legislators, regulators, researchers, and employers. This book provides historical perspective on working children and adolescents in America and explores the framework of child labor laws that govern that work. The committee presents a wide range of data and analysis on the scope of youth employment, factors that put children and adolescents at risk in the workplace, and the positive and negative effects of employment, including data on educational attainment and lifestyle choices. Protecting Youth at Work also includes discussions of special issues for minority and disadvantaged youth, young workers in agriculture, and children who work in family-owned businesses.