Regional trends in awards of incapacity benefit by cause

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 148-151

  Cattrell, A ^a   Harris, E C ^b   Palmer, K T ^b   Kim, M ^b   Aylward, M ^c   Coggon, D ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health beliefs; Incapacity; Mental; Musculoskeletal; Social security; Trends

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955512065     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqr008     Document Type: Article

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