Association between the decline in workers' compensation claims and workforce composition and job characteristics in Ontario, Canada

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 453-455

  Breslin, F Curtis ^a,b   Tompa, Emile ^a   Mustard, Cameron ^a   Zhao, Ryan ^a   Smith, Peter ^a   Hogg Johnson, Sheilah ^a  

^a Institute for Work and Health   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BILLING AND CLAIMS; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; WORKMAN COMPENSATION; CLASSIFICATION; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; INDUSTRY; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PHYSIOLOGY; SAFETY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WORK;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; ONTARIO; SAFETY; WORK; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 33847699328     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2005.083873     Document Type: Article

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