Trends, costs and correlates of stress-related workers' compensation claims in a public sector workforce

Journal of Health, Safety and Environment

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Jarman, Lisa ^a   Venn, Alison ^a   Martin, Angela ^b   Otahal, Petr ^a   Ogle, Frank ^c   Sanderson, Kristy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c Tasmanian State Government   (Australia)

Author keywords

Illness cost; Psychological stress; Public service; Time; Workers' compensation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84947201600     PISSN: 08156409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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