Concerns of the dry-cleaning industry: A qualitative investigation of labor and management

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 112-123

  Goldenhar, Linda M ^a   Ruder, Avima M ^a   Ewers, Lynda M ^a   Earnest, Scott ^a   Haag, Walter M ^a   Petersen, Martin R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Dry cleaners; Health and safety; Perchlorethylene; Qualitative methodology

Indexed keywords

SOLVENT; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE;

AIR CONDITIONING; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BURN; CLEANING; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYEE; EMPLOYER; ERGONOMICS; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT;

AIR CONDITIONING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BURNS; ENGINEERING; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; LAUNDERING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; SAFETY; SOLVENTS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0032901596     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199902)35:2<112::AID-AJIM2>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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