Young people and work injuries: An examination of jurisdictional variation within Canada

Injury Prevention

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 105-110

  Breslin, F C ^a,b   Smith, P ^a,b   Mustard, C ^a,b   Zhao, R ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANADA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CANADA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OCCUPATIONS; RISK FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33645937601     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2005.009449     Document Type: Article

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