Open AccessUnderreporting Work Absences for Nontraumatic Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders to Workers’ Compensation: Results of a 2007–2008 Survey of the Québec Working Population
Author(s) -
Susan Stock,
Nektaria Nicolakakis,
Hicham Raïq,
Karen Messing,
Katherine Lippel,
Alice Turcot
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2013.301562
Subject(s) - workers' compensation , working population , work (physics) , work related musculoskeletal disorders , medicine , environmental health , occupational safety and health , compensation (psychology) , population , human factors and ergonomics , psychology , poison control , social psychology , engineering , mechanical engineering , pathology
We examined underestimation of nontraumatic work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) stemming from underreporting to workers' compensation (WC).