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Leslie I Boden, PhD

Professor

Boston University School of Public Health

Environmental Health

PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
BA, Brandeis University

Websites

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ORCID : 0000-0002-9779-207X

Les Boden is an economist, and much of his research has focused on finding ways to highlight the economic and human consequences of injuries and illnesses and to identify ways of minimizing those consequences. Over the past several years, Dr. Boden has published studies measuring the income lost by injured workers, the adequacy of workers compensation benefits, and the the impact of work-related injuries on mortality. With BUSPH colleague Lee Strunin, he has also published several studies of the post-injury experiences of injured workers and their families. Most recently, he has published on the impact of occcupational injuries on opioid use disorder and mortality from drug overdose and suicide. Dr. Boden has also published the results of studies that estimate underreporting of workplace injuries. He has also written on occupational safety and health regulation, medical screening, gender- and race-based inequality, and the legal and public health use of scientific information. Since 2010, he has collaborated on studies of the health and safety of patient care workers as an investigator at the Center for Work, Health & Well-Being, a multi-institutional collaboration centered at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. From 1988 to 1997, Dr. Boden served on the Mine Health Research Advisory Committee of the Department of Health and Human Services, which he chaired for six years. In 2001-2002, he was a member of the Worker Advocacy Advisory Group, which advised the Department of Energy on occupational disease. He has also co-chaired a group advising the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health on its research agenda on the social and economic consequences of workplace illness and injury. In 2016-2018, he served on the Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health, advising the U. S. Department of Labor on benefits to nuclear weapons workers who became ill from exposures to toxic substances at work. Currently, he is Chair of the Workers’ Compensation Study Panel of the National Academy of Social Insurance.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility

I have authored articles on workplace injury risk, impacts, and interventions with a DEIA lens. I am currently working with colleagues at BU, USC, and RAND on a proposal to examine how structural racism and discrimination affect return to work and earnings after an occupational injury or illness. I have also been studying the epidemiological literature on how to approach estimating these impacts. I am a member of my departments DEIA committee.

BU Research
NIH RePORTER Research

Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Economic Consequences of Occupational Injuries
09/01/2023 - 08/31/2027 (Subcontract PI)
RAND Corporation HHS CDC NIOSH
1R01OH012578-01

The Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health Center for Work, Health and Wellbeing
09/01/2021 - 08/31/2026 (Subcontract PI)
President and Fellows of Harvard College dba Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health HHS CDC
5U19OH008861-17-00

All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality Resulting from Non-Fatal Occupational Injuries
09/30/2018 - 09/29/2023 (PI)
HHS/CDC/National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Center for Work, Health and Wellbeing
09/01/2016 - 08/31/2021 (Subcontract PI)
President and Fellows of Harvard College HHS CDC NIOSH
5U19OH008861-14-00

The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Center for Work, Health and Wellbeing (Enterprise Outcomes)
02/01/2018 - 08/31/2020 (Subcontract PI)
Harvard School of Public Health HHS CDC NIOSH
5U19OH008861-12-00

Mortality Consequences of Non-Fatal Occupational Injuries
07/01/2014 - 06/30/2017 (PI)
HHS/CDC/National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
6R21OH010555-02-04

Racial Disparities in the Economic Outcomes of Work-Related Disabilities
09/01/2014 - 05/31/2017 (Subcontract PI)
University of Southern California HHS CDC NIOSH
5R21OH010442-02

The Harvard School of Public Health Center for Work, Health and Wellbeing
09/01/2011 - 08/31/2016 (Subcontract PI)
President and Fellows of Harvard College HHS CDC NIOSH
5U19OH008861-09

The Impact of Contractor Utilization on Health and Safety
05/01/2014 - 07/31/2015 (PI)
Alpha Foundation

Research to Provide Information About Factors Affecting Variation in the Proportion of Non-Fatal Injuries and Illnesses Captured by SOII
09/01/2011 - 08/31/2013 (PI)
Department of Labor/Bureau of Labor Statistics

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Yr	Title	Project-Sub Proj	Pubs
2021	All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality Resulting from Non-Fatal Occupational Injuries	5R01OH011511-04
2020	All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality Resulting from Non-Fatal Occupational Injuries	5R01OH011511-03
2019	All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality Resulting from Non-Fatal Occupational Injuries	5R01OH011511-02
2018	All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality Resulting from Non-Fatal Occupational Injuries	1R01OH011511-01A1
2015	Mortality Consequences of Non-Fatal Occupational Injuries	5R21OH010555-02	2
2014	Mortality Consequences of Non-Fatal Occupational Injuries	1R21OH010555-01	2
2009	Linking Federal and State Data to Study the Economic Effects of Workplace Injury	5R01OH009267-03	2
2008	Linking Federal and State Data to Study the Economic Effects of Workplace Injury	5R01OH009267-02	2
2007	Linking Federal and State Data to Study the Economic Effects of Workplace Injury	1R01OH009267-01	2
2004	Capture-Recapture Estimates of Workplace Injury Rates	5R01OH007596-03	4

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Boden LI, Asfaw A, O'Leary PK, Tripodis Y, Busey A, Applebaum KM, Fox MP. Opioid-related mortality after occupational injury in Washington State: accounting for preinjury opioid use. Occup Environ Med. 2024 Oct 23; 81(10):515-521.View Related Profiles.

Boden, Leslie
Fox, Matthew
Tripodis, Yorghos

PMID: 39327042; PMCID: PMC11526225; DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2024-109606;

Boden LI, Pan Y, Gregas M, McTernan M, Peters SE, Bhagia D, Wagner GR, Sabbath EL. Who do you ask? predicting injury rates from survey responses. Work. 2024 Jul 03. PMID: 38995756

Roy S, Collins JE, Boden LI, Katz JN, Wagner GR, Sorensen G, Williams JAR. Predicting COVID-19 Cases in Nursing Homes of California and Ohio: Does the Work Environment Matter? J Occup Environ Med. 2024 Oct 01; 66(10):e460-e466. PMID: 38955810

Sabbath EL, Pan Y, McTernan ML, Peters SE, Lovett SM, Stelson EA, Wagner GR, Hopcia K, Boden LI. Adding injury to insult: Unfair treatment at work and occupational injury among hospital patient-care workers. Am J Ind Med. 2024 Jul; 67(7):667-676. PMID: 38738969

Williams JAR, Collins JE, Gandhi A, Yu H, Boden LI, Katz JN, Wagner GR, Sorensen G. Can Better Leadership Reduce Nursing Home Staff Turnover? J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2024 Mar; 25(3):403-407.e1. PMID: 37356810; PMCID: PMC11041714; DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2023.05.021;

Boden LI, Asfaw A, Busey A, Tripodis Y, O'Leary PK, Applebaum KM, Stokes AC, Fox MP. . Increased all-cause mortality following occupational injury: a comparison of two states. Occupational and environmental medicine. 2022; 12(79):816-823. View Publication

Boden LI, Asfaw A, Busey A, Tripodis Y, O'Leary PK, Applebaum KM, Stokes AC, Fox MP. Increased all-cause mortality following occupational injury: a comparison of two states. Occup Environ Med. 2022 12; 79(12):816-823.View Related Profiles.

Stokes, Andrew
Boden, Leslie
Fox, Matthew
Tripodis, Yorghos

PMID: 36253089; PMCID: PMC10124819; DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2022-108481;

Collins JE, Boden LI, Gundersen DA, Katz JN, Wagner GR, Sorensen G, Williams JAR. Workplace Integrated Safety and Health Program Uptake in Nursing Homes: Associations with Ownership. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 10 28; 18(21). PMID: 34769830; PMCID: PMC8583467; DOI: 10.3390/ijerph182111313;

Busey A, Asfaw A, Applebaum KM, O'Leary PK, Tripodis Y, Fox MP, Stokes AC, Boden LI. Mortality following workplace injury: Quantitative bias analysis. Ann Epidemiol. 2021 12; 64:155-160.View Related Profiles.

Stokes, Andrew
Boden, Leslie
Fox, Matthew
Tripodis, Yorghos

PMID: 34607011; PMCID: PMC10026009; DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2021.09.015;

López Gómez MA, Gundersen DA, Boden LI, Sorensen G, Katz JN, Collins JE, Wagner G, Vriniotis MG, Williams JA. Validation of the Workplace Integrated Safety and Health (WISH) assessment in a sample of nursing homes using Item Response Theory (IRT) methods. BMJ Open. 2021 06 18; 11(6):e045656. PMID: 34145013; PMCID: PMC8215260; DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-045656;

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Williams JAR, Vriniotis MG, Gundersen DA, Boden LI, Collins JE, Katz JN, Wagner GR, Sorensen G. How to ask: Surveying nursing directors of nursing homes. Health Sci Rep. 2021 Jun; 4(2):e304. PMID: 34136659; PMCID: PMC8177897; DOI: 10.1002/hsr2.304;

Dorman P Boden L. Risk without reward: The myth of wage compensation for hazardous work. In: Unequal Power, Economic Policy Institute. Washington, DC. Economic Policy Institute. Washington, D.C. 2021. View Publication

López Gómez MA, Williams JAR, Boden L, Sorensen G, Hopcia K, Hashimoto D, Sabbath E. The relationship of occupational injury and use of mental health care. J Safety Res. 2020 09; 74:227-232. PMID: 32951787; PMCID: PMC10868658; DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2020.06.004;

Boden LI. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration at 50-the Failure to Improve Workers' Compensation. Am J Public Health. 2020 05; 110(5):638-639. PMID: 32267756; PMCID: PMC7144435; DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2019.305549;

Asfaw A, Boden LI. Impact of workplace injury on opioid dependence, abuse, illicit use and overdose: a 36-month retrospective study of insurance claims. Occup Environ Med. 2020 09; 77(9):648-653. PMID: 32332060; PMCID: PMC8011586; DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2020-106535;

Murphy G, Patel J, Weiss E, Boden LI. Workers' compensation: benefits, coverage, and costs, 2018. National Academy of Social Insurance. Washington, DC. 2020.

López Gómez MA, Sabbath E, Boden L, Williams JAR, Hopcia K, Hashimoto D, Sorensen G. Organizational and Psychosocial Working Conditions and Their Relationship With Mental Health Outcomes in Patient-Care Workers. J Occup Environ Med. 2019 12; 61(12):e480-e485. PMID: 31651598; PMCID: PMC10898241; DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000001736;

Applebaum KM, Asfaw A, O'Leary PK, Busey A, Tripodis Y, Boden LI. Suicide and drug-related mortality following occupational injury. Am J Ind Med. 2019 09; 62(9):733-741.View Related Profiles.

Boden, Leslie
Tripodis, Yorghos

PMID: 31298756; PMCID: PMC7485601; DOI: 10.1002/ajim.23021;

Sabbath EL, Yang J, Dennerlein JT, Boden LI, Hashimoto D, Sorensen G. Paradoxical Impact of a Patient-Handling Intervention on Injury Rate Disparity Among Hospital Workers. Am J Public Health. 2019 04; 109(4):618-625.View Related Profiles.

Dennerlein, Jack
Boden, Leslie

PMID: 30789763; PMCID: PMC6417584; DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2018.304929;

McLaren CF, Baldwin ML, Boden LI. Workers' compensation: benefits, coverage, and costs, 2017. National Academy of Social Insurance. Washington, DC. 2019.

Sabbath EL, Hashimoto D, Boden LI, Dennerlein JT, Williams JAR, Hopcia K, Orechia T, Tripodis Y, Stoddard A, Sorensen G. Cohort profile: The Boston Hospital Workers Health Study (BHWHS). Int J Epidemiol. 2018 12 01; 47(6):1739-1740g.View Related Profiles.

Dennerlein, Jack
Boden, Leslie
Tripodis, Yorghos

PMID: 30107500

Sabbath EL, Williams JAR, Boden LI, Tempesti T, Wagner GR, Hopcia K, Hashimoto D, Sorensen G. Mental Health Expenditures: Association With Workplace Incivility and Bullying Among Hospital Patient Care Workers. J Occup Environ Med. 2018 08; 60(8):737-742. PMID: 29538275; PMCID: PMC6086762; DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000001322;

Sparer EH, Boden LI, Sorensen G, Dennerlein JT, Stoddard A, Wagner GR, Nagler EM, Hashimoto DM, Hopcia K, Sabbath EL. The relationship between organizational policies and practices and work limitations among hospital patient care workers. Am J Ind Med. 2018 May 29.View Related Profiles.

Dennerlein, Jack
Boden, Leslie

PMID: 29845635; PMCID: PMC6265111; DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22864;

Sorensen G, Sparer E, Williams JAR, Gundersen D, Boden LI, Dennerlein JT, Hashimoto D, Katz JN, McLellan DL, Okechukwu CA, Pronk NP, Revette A, Wagner GR. Measuring Best Practices for Workplace Safety, Health, and Well-Being: The Workplace Integrated Safety and Health Assessment. J Occup Environ Med. 2018 05; 60(5):430-439.View Related Profiles.

Dennerlein, Jack
Boden, Leslie

PMID: 29389812; PMCID: PMC5943154; DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000001286;

Sabbath EL, Sparer EH, Boden LI, Wagner GR, Hashimoto DM, Hopcia K, Sorensen G. Preventive care utilization: Association with individual- and workgroup-level policy and practice perceptions. Prev Med. 2018 06; 111:235-240. PMID: 29567439; PMCID: PMC6028933; DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2018.03.013;

McLaren CF, Baldwin ML, Boden LI. . Workers' compensation: benefits, coverage, and costs, 2016. National Academy of Social Insurance. Washington, DC. 2018. View Publication
Miller J, Hopcia K, Wagner GR, Boden LI, Hashimoto D, Sorensen G Sabbath EL. Job satisfaction and the psychosocial work environment: Does the relationship vary by hospital patient care workers’ age?. Journal of Workplace Behavioral Health. 2018; 33(3-4):221-240. View Publication
Boden LI, Galizzi M. Blinded by Moral Hazard. Rutgers University Law Review. 2017; 69(3):1213-1232. View Publication

Williams JAR, Sorensen G, Hashimoto D, Hopcia K, Wagner GR, Boden LI. Impact of Occupational Injuries on Nonworkers' Compensation Medical Costs of Patient-Care Workers. J Occup Environ Med. 2017 Jun; 59(6):e119-e124. PMID: 28598939; PMCID: PMC5488856; DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000001047;

Seabury SA, Terp S, Boden LI. Racial And Ethnic Differences In The Frequency Of Workplace Injuries And Prevalence Of Work-Related Disability. Health Aff (Millwood). 2017 Feb 01; 36(2):266-273. PMID: 28167715; PMCID: PMC6198680; DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2016.1185;

Sabbath EL, Boden LI, Williams JA, Hashimoto D, Hopcia K, Sorensen G. Obscured by administrative data? Racial disparities in occupational injury. Scand J Work Environ Health. 2017 Mar 01; 43(2):155-162. PMID: 27942733; DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.3611;

Dennerlein JT, O'Day ET, Mulloy DF, Somerville J, Stoddard AM, Kenwood C, Teeple E, Boden LI, Sorensen G, Hashimoto D. Lifting and exertion injuries decrease after implementation of an integrated hospital-wide safe patient handling and mobilisation programme. Occup Environ Med. 2017 May; 74(5):336-343.View Related Profiles.

Dennerlein, Jack
Boden, Leslie

PMID: 27919058; DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2015-103507;

Buessing M, Boden LI. The Impact of Contract Operations on Safety in Underground Coal Mines. J Occup Environ Med. 2016 Sep; 58(9):952-6. PMID: 27608150; DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000000835;

Boden LI, O'Leary PK, Applebaum KM, Tripodis Y. The impact of non-fatal workplace injuries and illnesses on mortality. Am J Ind Med. 2016 Dec; 59(12):1061-1069.View Related Profiles.

Boden, Leslie
Tripodis, Yorghos

PMID: 27427538; DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22632;

Boden LI, Spieler ES, Wagner GR. The Changing Structure of Work: Implications for Workplace Health and Safety in the U.S. U.S. Department of Labor, Chief Evaluation Office. 2016. View Publication

Boden LI, Petrofsky YV, Hopcia K, Wagner GR, Hashimoto D. Understanding the hospital sharps injury reporting pathway. Am J Ind Med. 2015 Mar; 58(3):282-9. PMID: 25308763; PMCID: PMC5077298; DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22392;

Tak S, Grattan K, Boden L, Ozonoff A, Davis L. Impact of differential injury reporting on the estimation of the total number of work-related amputations. Am J Ind Med. 2014 Oct; 57(10):1144-8.View Related Profiles.

Ozonoff, Alexander
Boden, Leslie

PMID: 25223514; DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22378;

Seabury SA, Scherer E, O'Leary P, Ozonoff A, Boden L. Using linked federal and state data to study the adequacy of workers' compensation benefits. Am J Ind Med. 2014 Oct; 57(10):1165-73.View Related Profiles.

Ozonoff, Alexander
Boden, Leslie

PMID: 25223516; PMCID: PMC5223776; DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22362;

Tveito TH, Sembajwe G, Boden LI, Dennerlein JT, Wagner GR, Kenwood C, Stoddard AM, Reme SE, Hopcia K, Hashimoto D, Shaw WS, Sorensen G. Impact of organizational policies and practices on workplace injuries in a hospital setting. J Occup Environ Med. 2014 Aug; 56(8):802-8.View Related Profiles.

Dennerlein, Jack
Boden, Leslie

PMID: 25099405; DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000000189;

Davis LK, Grattan KM, Tak S, Bullock LF, Ozonoff A, Boden LI. Use of multiple data sources for surveillance of work-related amputations in Massachusetts, comparison with official estimates and implications for national surveillance. Am J Ind Med. 2014 Oct; 57(10):1120-32.View Related Profiles.

Ozonoff, Alexander
Boden, Leslie

PMID: 24782244; DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22327;

Reme SE, Shaw WS, Boden LI, Tveito TH, O'Day ET, Dennerlein JT, Sorensen G. Worker assessments of organizational practices and psychosocial work environment are associated with musculoskeletal injuries in hospital patient care workers. Am J Ind Med. 2014 Jul; 57(7):810-8.View Related Profiles.

Dennerlein, Jack
Boden, Leslie

PMID: 24737462; DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22319;

Wegman DH et al. Advancing Workforce Health at the Department of Homeland Security: Protecting Those Who Protect Us. Institute of Medicine. 2014.
Boden LI, Spieler EA. Oxford Handbook of U.S. Social Policy. Chapter 25 (In C Howard, KJ Morgand, D Beland, eds.). Compensation for work injury and illness. Oxford University Press. New York. 2014; 451-468. View Publication

Sorensen G, McLellan D, Dennerlein JT, Pronk NP, Allen JD, Boden LI, Okechukwu CA, Hashimoto D, Stoddard A, Wagner GR. Integration of health protection and health promotion: rationale, indicators, and metrics. J Occup Environ Med. 2013 Dec; 55(12 Suppl):S12-8.View Related Profiles.

Dennerlein, Jack
Boden, Leslie

PMID: 24284762; PMCID: PMC4184212; DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000000032;

Boden LI. Capture-recapture estimates of the undercount of workplace injuries and illnesses: sensitivity analysis. Am J Ind Med. 2014 Oct; 57(10):1090-9. PMID: 24023006; DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22247;

Kim SS, Okechukwu CA, Dennerlein JT, Boden LI, Hopcia K, Hashimoto DM, Sorensen G. Association between perceived inadequate staffing and musculoskeletal pain among hospital patient care workers. Int Arch Occup Environ Health. 2014 Apr; 87(3):323-30.View Related Profiles.

Dennerlein, Jack
Boden, Leslie

PMID: 23475312; PMCID: PMC5321209; DOI: 10.1007/s00420-013-0864-y;

Kim SS, Okechukwu CA, Buxton OM, Dennerlein JT, Boden LI, Hashimoto DM, Sorensen G. Association between work-family conflict and musculoskeletal pain among hospital patient care workers. Am J Ind Med. 2013 Apr; 56(4):488-95.View Related Profiles.

Dennerlein, Jack
Boden, Leslie

PMID: 23019044; PMCID: PMC4040442; DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22120;

Boden LI. Reexamining workers' compensation: a human rights perspective. Am J Ind Med. 2012 Jun; 55(6):483-6. PMID: 22570018; DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22054;

O'Leary P, Boden LI, Seabury SA, Ozonoff A, Scherer E. Workplace injuries and the take-up of Social Security disability benefits. Soc Secur Bull. 2012; 72(3):1-17.View Related Profiles.

Ozonoff, Alexander
Boden, Leslie

PMID: 23113426

Boden LI, Sembajwe G, Tveito TH, Hashimoto D, Hopcia K, Kenwood C, Stoddard AM, Sorensen G. Occupational injuries among nurses and aides in a hospital setting. Am J Ind Med. 2012 Feb; 55(2):117-26. PMID: 22025077; DOI: 10.1002/ajim.21018;

Boden LI, Ozonoff A. Law, behavior, and research design: a final note. Am J Ind Med. 2010 Aug; 53(8):856.View Related Profiles.

Ozonoff, Alexander
Boden, Leslie

PMID: 20623658; DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20841;

Welch LS, Haile E, Boden LI, Hunting KL. Impact of musculoskeletal and medical conditions on disability retirement-a longitudinal study among construction roofers. Am J Ind Med. 2010 Jun; 53(6):552-60. PMID: 20112256; DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20794;

Boden LI, Ozonoff A. Researcher judgment and study design: challenges of using administrative data. Am J Ind Med. 2010 Jan; 53(1):37-41.View Related Profiles.

Ozonoff, Alexander
Boden, Leslie

PMID: 19960485; DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20787;

Boden LI, Nestoriak N, Pierce B. Proceedings, Survey Research Methods Section. Using capture-recapture analysis to identify factors associated with differential reporting of workplace injuries and illnesses. American Statistical Association. 2010; 3233-3247.
Boden LI, Peter S. Barth, Neil T. Leifer, David C. Strouss, Emily A. Spieler, and Patricia A. Roche. Occupational and Environmental Health (Barry S. Levy, Wegman DH, Sherry L. Baron, Rosemary K. Sokas eds.). Legal Remedies for People with Occupational or Environmental Health Problems. Oxford University Press. New York. 2010.
Boden LI, Spieler EA. Workers’ Compensation: Where Have We Come From? Where Are We Going? Workers Compensation Research Institute. The relationship between workplace injuries and workers’ compensation claims: The importance of system design. Cambridge. 2010.

Minnery JG, Jacangelo JG, Boden LI, Vorhees DJ, Heiger-Bernays W. Sensitivity analysis of the pressure-based direct integrity test for membranes used in drinking water treatment. Environ Sci Technol. 2009 Dec 15; 43(24):9419-24.View Related Profiles.

Vorhees, Donna
Boden, Leslie
Heiger-Bernays, Wendy

PMID: 20000538; DOI: 10.1021/es902210r;

Welch L, Haile E, Boden LI, Hunting KL. Musculoskeletal disorders among construction roofers--physical function and disability. Scand J Work Environ Health. 2009 Jan; 35(1):56-63. PMID: 19229441

Welch LS, Boden LI. Attorney involvement, claim duration, and workers' compensation costs. J Occup Environ Med. 2009 Jan; 51(1):1-2; author reply 2-3. PMID: 19136866; DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e318192bd44;

Boden LI, Ozonoff A. Capture-recapture estimates of nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses. Ann Epidemiol. 2008 Jun; 18(6):500-6.View Related Profiles.

Ozonoff, Alexander
Boden, Leslie

PMID: 18083542

Boden LI, Ozonoff D. Litigation-generated science: why should we care? Environ Health Perspect. 2008 Jan; 116(1):117-22.View Related Profiles.

Ozonoff, David
Boden, Leslie

PMID: 18197310; PMCID: PMC2199311; DOI: 10.1289/ehp.9987;

Welch LS, Haile E, Boden LI, Hunting KL. Age, work limitations and physical functioning among construction roofers. Work. 2008; 31(4):377-85. PMID: 19127008

Charafeddine R, Boden LI. Does income inequality modify the association between air pollution and health? Environ Res. 2008 Jan; 106(1):81-8. PMID: 17953942

Boden LI. Occupational injury and illness meet the labor market: lessons from labor economics about lost earnings. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2006 Sep; 1076:858-70. PMID: 17119262

Boden LI, Leifer NT, Strouss DC, Spieler EA. Occupational and Environmental Health. Fifth Edition. . (Barry S. Levy, Wegman DH, Sherry L. Baron, Rosemary K. Sokas eds.). Legal Remedies for People with Occupational or Environmental Health Problems. 2006.

Boden LI. Running on empty: families, time, and workplace injuries. Am J Public Health. 2005 Nov; 95(11):1894-7. PMID: 16195511; PMCID: PMC1449455; DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2005.062232;

Boden LI, Reville RT, Biddle JE. Workplace Injuries and Diseases: Prevention and Compensation: Essays in Honor of Terry Thomason (John Burton, Karen Roberts, Matthew Bodah, eds.). The Adequacy of Workers’ Compensation Cash Benefits. W.E. Upjohn. 2005; 37-68.
Seabury SA, Reville RT, Rhodes HJ, Boden LI. Workplace Injuries and Diseases: Prevention and Compensation: Essays in Honor of Terry Thomason (John Burton, Karen Roberts, Matthew Bodah, eds.). How Can Behavioral Economics Inform Research on Workplace Injuries?. WE Upjohn. Kalamazoo. 2005; 219-252.

Strunin L, Boden LI. Family consequences of chronic back pain. Soc Sci Med. 2004 Apr; 58(7):1385-93.View Related Profiles.

Strunin, Lee
Boden, Leslie

PMID: 14759683

Strunin L, Boden LI. The workers' compensation system: worker friend or foe? Am J Ind Med. 2004 Apr; 45(4):338-45.View Related Profiles.

Strunin, Lee
Boden, Leslie

PMID: 15029565

Boden LI. Adequacy of Earnings Replacement in Workers’ Compensation Programs (H. Allan Hunt, ed.). Wage Loss Studies. Chapter 5 of National Academy of Social Insurance Study Panel on Benefit Adequacy. National Academy of Social Insurance, WE Upjohn Institute. Washington DC. 2004; 101-125.
Boden LI. The Impact of Occupational Injuries and Illness on Workers and their Families. IAIABC Journal. 2004; 41(2):13-20.
Galizzi MBoden LI. The return to work of injured workers: New evidence from matched unemployment insurance and workers’ compensation data. Labour Economics. 2003; 3(10):311-337. View Publication
Boden LI,Galizz M. Income losses of women and men injured at work. J Human Resources. 2003; 3(38):722-757. View Publication
Boden LI, Ruser J. Choice of medical care provider, workers’ compensation “Reforms,” and workplace injuries. Review of Economics and Statistics. 2003; 4(85):923-929.

Michaels D, Bingham E, Boden L, Clapp R, Goldman LR, Hoppin P, Krimsky S, Monforton C, Ozonoff D, Robbins A. Advice without dissent. Science. 2002 Oct 25; 298(5594):703.View Related Profiles.

Ozonoff, David
Boden, Leslie

PMID: 12399550

Boden LI, Biddle EA, Spieler EA. Social and economic impacts of workplace illness and injury: current and future directions for research. Am J Ind Med. 2001 Oct; 40(4):398-402. PMID: 11598990

Reville RT, Boden LI, Biddle J, Mardesich C. . New Mexico workers’ compensation permanent partial disability and return-to-work: An evaluation. RAND. Santa Monica. 2001. View Publication
Biddle J, Boden LI, Reville RT. Ensuring Health and Income Security for An Aging Workforce (Peter P. Budetti et al, eds.). Permanent Partial Disability from Occupational Injuries:Earnings Losses and Replacement in Three States. National Academy of Social Insurance. 2001; 263-290.

Strunin L, Boden LI. Paths of reentry: employment experiences of injured workers. Am J Ind Med. 2000 Oct; 38(4):373-84.View Related Profiles.

Strunin, Lee
Boden, Leslie

PMID: 10982977

Dembe AE, Boden LI. Moral hazard: a question of morality? New Solut. 2000; 10(3):257-79. PMID: 17208855

Boden LI, Galizzi M. Economic consequences of workplace injuries and illnesses: lost earnings and benefit adequacy. Am J Ind Med. 1999 Nov; 36(5):487-503. PMID: 10506731

Galizzi M, Boden LI, Te-Chun Liu. Workers Compensation Research Institute. The Workers’ Story: Results of a Survey of Workers Injured in Wisconsin. Cambridge. 1998.
Boden LI. Workers Compensation Research Institute. Permanent Partial Disability in Tennessee: Similar Benefits for Similar Injuries?. Cambridge. 1997.

Boden LI. Policy evaluation: better living through research. Am J Ind Med. 1996 Apr; 29(4):346-52. PMID: 8728137

Galizzi M, Boden LI. Evidence from Wisconsin. Workers Compensation Research Institute. What are the Most Important Factors Shaping Return to Work?. Cambridge. 1996.

Boden LI, Cabral H. Company characteristics and workplace medical testing. Am J Public Health. 1995 Aug; 85(8 Pt 1):1070-5.View Related Profiles.

Cabral, Howard
Boden, Leslie

PMID: 7625498; PMCID: PMC1615833

Boden LI. Workers' compensation in the United States: high costs, low benefits. Annu Rev Public Health. 1995; 16:189-218. PMID: 7639870

Boden LI. Creating Economic Incentives: Lessons from Workers' Compensation Systems. Proceedings of the Industrial Relations Research Association. 1995; 282-289.
Boden LI. Beyond Biomechanics: Psychosocial Aspects of Musculoskeletal Disorders in Office Work (SD Moon, SL Sauter, eds.). Work Disability in an Economic Context. 1995.
Boden LI, Victor RA. Models for Reducing Workers' Compensation Litigation. Journal of Risk and Insurance. 1994; 61:457-475.
Boden LI. Workers Compensation Research Institute. Medicolegal Fees in California: An Assessment. Cambridge. 1994.
Boden LI. Workers Compensation Research Institute. The AMA Guides in Maryland: An Assessment. Cambridge. 1992.
Boden LI. Workers' Compensation Health Care Cost-Containment (J. Greenwood, A. Taricco, eds.). Workers' Compensation Medical Costs: A Special Case. LRP Publications. Palm Beach Gardens. 1992; 27-54.
Boden LI. Dispute resolution in workers' compensation. Review of Economics and Statistics. 1992; 74:493-502.
Boden LI, Kern DE,and Gardner JA. Workers Compensation Research Institute. Reducing Litigation: Using Disability Guidelines and State Evaluators in Oregon. Cambridge. 1991.
Boden LI. Molecular Dosimetry and Human Cancer: Analytical, Epidemiological, and Social Considerations (J.D. Groopman and P.L. Skipper, eds.). Genetic Testing in the Workplace: Costs and Benefits. CRC Press. Boca Raton. 1991; 401-415.

Boden LI, Pierce JW. Public health bankruptcy:. New Solut. 1990 Apr 1; 1(1):51-9. PMID: 22910315; DOI: 10.2190/NS1.1.j;

Boden LI, DeFinis JM., Fleischman C. Workers Compensation Research Institute. Medical Cost Containment in Workers' Compensation: A National Inventory. Cambridge. 1990.
Boden LI, Pierce J. Public Health Bankruptcy: Reduced and Abandoned. New Solutions. 1990; 1(1):51-59.
Boden LI, Fleischman C. Workers Compensation Research Institute. Medical Costs in Workers' Compensation: Trends and Interstate Comparisons. Cambridge. 1989.
Victor RB, Boden LI. The Wisconsin Example. Best's Review. 1989; 90(3).

Boden LI. Unlocking OSHA's potential. An inspection strategy for the 1990s. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1989; 572:228-34; discussion 237-9. PMID: 2627085

Boden LI. Workers Compensation Research Institute. Reducing Litigation: Evidence from Wisconsin. Cambridge. 1988.
Boden LI. Occupational Health: Recognizing and Preventing Work-Related Disease (Barry S Levy, Wegman DH, eds.). Workers' Compensation. Little Brown. Boston. 1988.
Punnett L, Boden LI. Strengthening Occupational Safety and Health Enforcement. Journal of Public Health Policy. 1988; 9(3):327-330.

Punnett L, Boden LI. Strengthening Occupational Safety and Health enforcement. J Public Health Policy. 1988; 9(3):327-80. PMID: 3183041

Boden LI, Miyares JR, Ozonoff D. Science and persuasion: environmental disease in U.S. courts. Soc Sci Med. 1988; 27(10):1019-29.View Related Profiles.

Ozonoff, David
Boden, Leslie

PMID: 3059501

Boden LI. OSHA inspection policy: a fresh start. J Public Health Policy. 1988; 9(3):321-6. PMID: 3183040

Ozonoff D,Boden LI. Truth and consequences: Health agency responses to environmental health problems. Science, Technology & Human Values. 1987; 3&4(12):70-77.
Boden LI. Workers Compensation Research Institute. Use of Medical Evidence: Low-Back Permanent Partial Disability Claims in New Jersey. Cambridge. 1987.
Boden LI, Jones CA. Regulation Today: New Perspectives on Institutions and Policy (Bailey E, ed.). Occupational Disease Reme¬dies: The Asbestos Experience. MIT Press. Cambridge. 1987; 321-346.
Levenstein C, Ozonoff D, Boden LI et al. The Public Health Implications of the Bhophal Disaster. American Journal of Public Health. 1987; 77:230-236.

Boden LI. Impact of workplace characteristics on costs and benefits of medical screening. J Occup Med. 1986 Aug; 28(8):751-6. PMID: 3091788

Boden LI. Evaluating Coal Dust Exposure Using Operator Reported Data. Annals of the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists. 1986; 14:521-526.
Boden LI. Current Issues in Workers' Compensation. Problems in Occupational Disease Compensation. W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research. Kalamazoo. 1986; 313-325.
Boden LI. The Impact of Workplace Characteristics on the Costs and Benefits of Medical Screening. Journal of Occupational Medicine. 1986; 28:751-756.
Boden LI. Workers Compensation Research Institute. Use of Medical Evidence: Low-Back Permanent Partial Disability Claims in Maryland. Cambridge. 1986.

Boden LI. Government regulation of occupational safety: underground coal mine accidents 1973-75. Am J Public Health. 1985 May; 75(5):497-501. PMID: 3985237; PMCID: PMC1646259

Boden LI, Hall JA, Levenstein C, Punnett L. The impact of health and safety committees. A study based on survey, interview, and Occupational Safety and Health Administration data. J Occup Med. 1984 Nov; 26(11):829-34. PMID: 6502286

Levenstein C, Boden LI, Wegman DH. COSH: a grass-roots public health movement. Am J Public Health. 1984 Sep; 74(9):964-5. PMID: 6465408; PMCID: PMC1651785

Boden LI, Gold M. The accuracy of self-reported regulatory data: the case of coal mine dust. Am J Ind Med. 1984; 6(6):427-40. PMID: 6517072

Boden LI. The Legal and Insurance Dynamics of Mass Tort Litigation: Comment on Epstein. Journal of Legal Studies. 1984; 13:507-516.
Boden LI. Occupational Health: An Introductory Textbook (Barry S. Levy, Wegman DH, eds.). Workers' Compensation. Little Brown Inc. Brown. 1983.

Boden LI, Levenstein C. Regulating safety. OSHA's "new look". Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 1982 Dec; 3(4):339-42. PMID: 7165024

Boden LI. Legal and Ethical Dilemmas in Occupational Health (JS Lee, WN Rom, eds.). Presumptive Standards: A Solution to the Problem of Compensating Occupational Disease?. Ann Arbor Sciences Press. Ann Arbor. 1982; 317-330.

Curran WJ, Boden LI. Occupational health values in the Supreme Court: cost-benefit analysis. Am J Public Health. 1981 Nov; 71(11):1264-5. PMID: 6794378; PMCID: PMC1619935

Boden LI. Cost-benefit analysis: caveat emptor. Am J Public Health. 1979 Dec; 69(12):1210-1. PMID: 116552; PMCID: PMC1619326

Wegman DH, Peters JM, Fine LJ, Boden LI, Burgess WA. Teaching occupational health to physicians. J Med Educ. 1978 Sep; 53(9):746-51. PMID: 691028

Boden LI, Wegman DH. Increasing OSHA's Clout: Sixty Million New Inspectors. Working Papers. 1978; 7:43-49.

Boden LI. The economic impact of environmental disease on health care delivery. J Occup Med. 1976 Jul; 18(7):467-76. PMID: 820840

Wegman DH, Peters JM, Jaeger RJ, Burgess WA, and Boden LI. Vinyl Chloride: Can the Worker Be Protected?. New England Journal of Medicine. 1976; 294(12):653-657.

Wegman DH, Boden L, Levenstein C. Health hazard surveillance by industrial workers. Am J Public Health. 1975 Jan; 65(1):26-30. PMID: 1109255; PMCID: PMC1775769

This graph shows the total number of publications by year, by first, middle/unknown, or last author.

Bar chart showing 127 publications over 42 distinct years, with a maximum of 8 publications in 2014

Bar chart showing 127 publications over 42 distinct years, with a maximum of 8 publications in 2014

Year	Publications
1981	1
1982	2
1983	1
1984	4
1985	1
1986	5
1987	4
1988	6
1989	3
1990	3
1991	2
1992	3
1994	2
1995	4
1996	2
1997	1
1998	1
1999	1
2000	2
2001	3
2002	1
2003	3
2004	4
2005	3
2006	2
2007	1
2008	3
2009	3
2010	6
2011	1
2012	3
2013	3
2014	8
2016	5
2017	3
2018	7
2019	4
2020	4
2021	5
2022	2
2023	1
2024	4

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Labor Economics
Occupational Safety and Health
Workers' Compensation

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