Education-to-job mismatch and the risk of work injury

Injury Prevention

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 106-111

  Premji, Stephanie ^a   Smith, Peter M ^b,c,d  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84875378619     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/injuryprev-2011-040314     Document Type: Article

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