Child care workers and workplace hazards in the United States: Overview of research and implications for occupational health professionals

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 427-437

  Bright, K A ^a,b   Calabro, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Child care; Day care workers; Health and safety; Occupational health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; JOB SATISFACTION; MENTAL STRESS; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0032736217     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/49.7.427     Document Type: Article

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