Examining job tenure and lost-time claim rates in Ontario, Canada, over a 10-year period, 1999-2008

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 171-178

  Morassaei, Sara ^a   Breslin, F Curtis ^a,b,c   Shen, Min ^a,b,d   Smith, Peter M ^a,b,e  

^a INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c SENECA COLLEGE   (Canada)

^d HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BILLING AND CLAIMS; CANADA; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; WORK EXPERIENCE; WORKMAN COMPENSATION; WORKPLACE;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CANADA; DATA COLLECTION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONS; SEX FACTORS; WORK; WORKERS' COMPENSATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874661451     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2012-100743     Document Type: Article

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