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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