Teens at work: A statewide study of jobs, hazards, and injuries

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 19-25

  Dunn, Kathleen A ^a,b   Runyan, Carol W ^a,d   Cohen, Lisa R ^a   Schulman, Michael D ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Injury Prevention Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Accidents, occupational; Adolescence; Employment; Occupations; Wounds and injuries

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BURN; EMPLOYMENT; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB ANALYSIS; LACERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOISE INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADOLESCENT; DATA COLLECTION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NORTH CAROLINA; OCCUPATIONS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0031973410     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1054-139X(97)00071-2     Document Type: Article

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