Worker compensation injuries among the Aboriginal population of British Columbia, Canada: incidence, annual trends, and ecological analysis of risk markers, 1987–2010

• Published in: BMC Public Health
• Main Authors: Jin, Andrew, George, M Anne, Brussoni, Mariana, Lalonde, Christopher E
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BMC Public Health 2014
• Subjects: Occupational injuries (MeSH); Workers’ compensation (MeSH); Indians; North American (MeSH); Indigenous population (MeSH); “First Nations”; British Columbia (MeSH); Canada (MeSH); Epidemiology (MeSH); Population surveillance (MeSH); Socioeconomic factors (MeSH); British Columbia; Canada; First Nations
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1828/6179; http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/14/710; https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-14-710

BioMed Central Background: Aboriginal people in British Columbia (BC) have higher injury incidence than the general population, but information is scarce regarding variability among injury categories, time periods, and geographic, demographic and socio-economic groups. Our project helps fill these g...