Occupational health issues among employees of home care agencies

Canadian Journal on Aging

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 154-181

  Denton, Margaret A ^a   Zeytinoglu, Isik Urla ^a   Webb, Sharon ^a   Lian, Jason ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Home Care; Injuries; Occupational Health; Physical Health; Safety; Stress

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MEDICAL STAFF; MIGRAINE; OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE;

EID: 0032792927     PISSN: 07149808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0714980800009764     Document Type: Article

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