Epidemiology and prevention of injuries among adolescent workers in the United States

Annual Review of Public Health

Volumn 21, Issue , 2000, Pages 247-269

  Runyan, Carol W ^a   Zakocs, Ronda C ^a  

^a IL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Agriculture; Interventions; Occupational injury; Workplace injury

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD INJURY; FATALITY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADOLESCENT; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0033940066     PISSN: 01637525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.publhealth.21.1.247     Document Type: Article

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