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Occupational safety and health for public safety employees : assessing the evidence and the implications for public policy
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- Creator
- Tom LaTourrette, David S. Loughran, Seth A. Seabury
- Format
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- Language
- English
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- Publication
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- Santa Monica, Calif. : RAND Corp., 2008
- Physical Details
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- xxx, 125 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780833046215, 0833046217
- OCLC
- ocn271597872
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-125).
- Description of injury and disability compensation for public safety employees -- What is known about the safety and health of public safety employees? -- Characterizing current strategies for reducing occupational injuries and illnesses among public safety employees -- The health of public safety workers relative to that of other workers -- Work-related disability benefit receipt and disability retirement among public safety employees -- Conclusions and policy implications
Subjects
- Fire fighters -- Health and hygiene -- United States.
- Fire fighters -- Protection -- Government policy -- United States.
- Fire fighters -- Wounds and injuries -- United States.
- Police -- Health and hygiene -- United States.
- Police -- Protection -- Government policy -- United States.
- Police -- Wounds and injuries -- United States.
- First responders -- Health and hygiene -- United States.
- First responders -- Protection -- Government policy -- United States.
- First responders -- Wounds and injuries -- United States.
- Employee health promotion -- United States.