Job strain exposures vs. stress-related workers compensation claims in Victoria, Australia: Developing a public health response to job stress

Journal of Public Health Policy

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-39

  Keegel, Tessa ^a   Ostry, Aleck ^b   LaMontagne, Anthony D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

New York City; Nutrition policy; Trans fatty acids

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VICTORIA; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 65249187268     PISSN: 01975897     EISSN: 1745655X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jphp.2008.41     Document Type: Article

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