Comparing the risk of work-related injuries between immigrants to Canada and Canadian-born labour market participants

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 361-367

  Smith, Peter M ^a   Mustard, C A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; WORK RELATED INJURY;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; CANADA; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 67349266899     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2007.038646     Document Type: Article

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