Early Retirement Due to Occupational Injury: Who Is at Risk?

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• Personal Author:
  Benjamin KL ; Pransky GS ; Savageau JA
• Description:
  As the workforce is rapidly ageing, research on the consequences of occupational injuries in older workers is becoming more important. One adverse outcome unique to older workers, early retirement, has significant negative social and economic consequences for workers and employers. Although linked to poor worker health, the roles of workplace factors and occupational injury have not been well-defined. Changes in retirement plans attributed to an occupational injury were studied in a population-based sample of 1,449 New Hampshire workers aged
• Subjects:
  Age Factors Aging Delivery Of Health Care Demography Mental Health Occupational Diseases Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety
• Keywords:
  Age-factors Age-groups Demographic-characteristics Employee-health Injuries Medical-care Mental-health Models Occupational-diseases Occupational-health Risk-analysis Risk-factors Sampling Worker-health Workers

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• ISSN:
  0271-3586
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Massachusetts ; OSHA Region 1
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  285-295
• Volume:
  47
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20028898
• Citation:
  Am J Ind Med 2005 Apr; 47(4):285-295
• Contact Point Address:
  Glenn S. Pransky, Liberty Mutual Research Center for Safety and Health, Center for Disability Research, 71 Frankland Road, Hopkinton, MA 01748
• Email:
  pransky@libertymutual.com
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2005
• NORA Priority Area:
  Work Environment and Workforce: Special Populations
• Performing Organization:
  University of Massachusetts, Worchester, Massachusetts
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19990930
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Industrial Medicine
• End Date:
  20030929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:d741f47440132401dd62d7b41b0425c0eee67686498bb56fb100e45afae62a4fb5be72f4de62bc2ec47a50d924abad452b36f3e9befd613baad5b2693ff2f5d0
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/189991/cdc_189991_DS1.pdf
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