Workers' compensation data add to fatal injury census.
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Characteristics of work-related fatal and hospitalised injuries not captured in workers’ compensation data
OBJECTIVES (1) To identify work-related fatal and non-fatal hospitalised injuries using multiple data sources, (2) to compare case-ascertainment from external data sources with accepted workers' compensation claims and (3) to investigate the characteristics of work-related fatal and hospitalised injuries not captured by workers' compensation. METHODS Work-related fatal injuries were ascertain...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Public Health
سال: 1991
ISSN: 0090-0036,1541-0048
DOI: 10.2105/ajph.81.12.1678