Differences in access to wage replacement benefits for absences due to work-related injury or illness in Canada

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 341-349

  Smith, Peter M ^a,b   Kosny, Agnieszka A ^a   Mustard, Cameron A ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Compensation; Immigrants; Work injury

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMPENSATION; EMPLOYER; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PROBABILITY; SALARY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CANADA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; SICK LEAVE; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 63849193994     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20683     Document Type: Article

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