Evaluation of impairment and disability in occupational lung disease
Barnhart, S.
Occupational Medicine 2(2): 227-241
1987
ISSN/ISBN: 0885-114X PMID: 3303378 Document Number: 299298
At least 260,000 workers suffer from work-related respiratory diseases in the United States. For physicians who wish to determine whether a respiratory disease is caused or aggravated by a patient's occupation, the diagnosis is followed by questions of attribution, impairment and disability, which are addressed in this article.