Determinants of firm workplace health and safety and claims management practices

Industrial and Labor Relations Review

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 286-307

  Thomason, Terry ^a   Pozzebon, Silvana ^b  

^a Schmidth Labor Research Center   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0037619708     PISSN: 00197939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001979390205500205     Document Type: Article

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