Occupational Health of Southeast Asian immigrants in a US City: A comparison of data sources

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 593-598

  Azaroff, Lenore S ^a   Levenstein, Charles ^a   Wegman, David H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAMBODIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LAOS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SOUTHEAST ASIA; UNITED STATES; WORKMAN COMPENSATION; ASIAN AMERICAN; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; HEALTH SURVEY; INJURY; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; CAMBODIA; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LAOS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATICS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0038813554     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.93.4.593     Document Type: Article

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