Work injury risk among young people with learning disabilities and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in Canada

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 99, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1423-1430

  Breslin, F Curtis ^a,b,c   Pole, Jason D ^b,d  

^a INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c SENECA COLLEGE   (Canada)

^d PEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY GROUP OF ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; INCIDENCE; INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS; WORKPLACE;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CANADA; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; WORKPLACE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68849112994     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2008.140855     Document Type: Article

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