Women workers confront one-eyed science: Building alliances to improve women’s occupational health

Women and Health

Volumn 33, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 125-141

  Messing, Karen ^a   de Grosbois, Sylvie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Action oriented research; Gender sensitive analysis; Health; Occupational health; Unions; Women; Work

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; CANADA; COOPERATION; FEMALE; FEMINISM; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POLITICS; SCIENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TRADE UNION; WOMEN'S HEALTH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY VIOLENCE; GENDER; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; ORGANIZATION; PERCEPTION; POLICY; POPULATION; POVERTY; RECOGNITION; SOCIAL CLASS; TOBACCO; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

CANADA; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FEMINISM; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; LABOR UNIONS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POLITICS; PREJUDICE; QUEBEC; RESEARCH SUPPORT; SCIENCE; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 0034747143     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: 15410331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J013v33n01_08     Document Type: Article

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