Publications by authors named "ChuanFang Jin"
Objective: The aim of the study was to evaluate and compare mortality after disabling and nondisabling occupational injuries.
Methods: Vital status was ascertained through 2020 for 2077 individuals with a workers' compensation claim for upper extremity neuropathy in West Virginia in 1998 or 1999. Standardized mortality ratios compared mortality to the West Virginia general population.
Background: Mortality tends to be higher among people who do not work than among workers, but the impact of work-related disability on mortality has not been well studied.
Methods: The vital status through 2015 was ascertained for 14 219 workers with an accepted workers' compensation claim in West Virginia for a low back injury in 1998 or 1999. Mortality among the cohort compared with the West Virginia general population was assessed using standard life table techniques.
Objective: Firefighters were likely exposed to perfluorooctane sulfonate since it was a component of extinguishing foams and perfluorohexane sulfonate (PFHxS), a surfactant coating carpet and other building materials, during firefighting. The objective of the study is to evaluate serum concentrations of perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) in firefighters.
Methods: A total of 8826 male adults, including 37 firefighters, were analyzed.
Background: The C8 Health Project was created, authorized, and funded as part of the settlement agreement reached in the case of Jack W. Leach, et al. v.
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- The study aimed to evaluate the impact of the timing of the first independent medical evaluation (IME) on outcomes for workers with lumbosacral sprains.
- Analysis was based on 2005 workers' compensation claims in West Virginia, examining factors like costs, medical improvement, IME frequency, and disability duration.
- Findings revealed that having the first IME between 101 and 150 days post-injury led to optimal outcomes, including fewer repeat IMEs, quicker recovery, and lower costs.