What percentage of workers with work-related illnesses receive workers' compensation benefits?

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 325-331

  Biddle, Jeff ^a   Roberts, Karen ^a   Rosenman, Kenneth D ^b   Welch, Edward M ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; SALARY; WORKER; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT; MALE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 0031938087     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043764-199804000-00006     Document Type: Article

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