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Filing for Workers’ Compensation among Ontario Cases of Mesothelioma

Author(s) -

Jennifer Payne,

Erin Pichora

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

canadian respiratory journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.675

H-Index - 53

eISSN - 1916-7245

pISSN - 1198-2241

DOI - 10.1155/2009/364258

Subject(s) - medicine , mesothelioma , asbestos , cancer registry , residence , workers' compensation , lung cancer , demography , cancer , environmental health , family medicine , compensation (psychology) , pathology , psychology , materials science , sociology , psychoanalysis , metallurgy

For many types of cancer, disease attribution to occupational exposures is difficult. Mesothelioma, however, is a 'sentinel' occupational cancer associated with asbestos exposure. The present study linked workers' compensation claims data with cancer registry data to explore the completeness of reporting of mesothelioma to the Ontario Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) according to characteristics of cases diagnosed among Ontario residents.

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