Journal article
Long-term mortality risk in individuals with permanent work-related impairment
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: Recent estimates indicate that at least one in five activity-limiting injuries occurs at work. Of individuals who suffer these injuries approximately 10% experience some degree of functional impairment. We were interested in investigating long-term mortality risk in individuals with permanent impairment from work injury and to examine whether work disability is a significant explanatory factor.METHODS: We used a retrospective …
Authors
Scott-Marshall HK; Tompa E; Wang Y; Liao Q
Journal
Canadian Journal of Public Health, Vol. 105, No. 5, pp. e330–e335
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
September 2014
DOI
10.17269/cjph.105.4535
ISSN
0008-4263