Social and economic consequences of workplace injury: A population-based study of workers in British Columbia, Canada

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 633-645

  Brown, Judy A ^a,b   Shannon, Harry S ^b   Mustard, Cameron A ^a,c   McDonough, Peggy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Consequences; Economic; Injury; Social; Workplace

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MARRIAGE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; WORKMAN COMPENSATION; WORKPLACE;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES AS TOPIC; DIVORCE; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SICK LEAVE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 34548619446     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20503     Document Type: Article

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