Correlation between chemical-safety knowledge and personal attitudes among Taiwanese hairdressing students

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 45-53

  Wong, Ruey Hong ^a   Chien, Hsu Ling ^a   Luh, Dih Ling ^a   Lin, Wen Hai ^a   Wang, Yu Chiao ^a   Cho, Chung Yen ^a  

^a CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Belief; Chemical safety; Hairdressing; Intention; Knowledge; Peer norm; Risk perception; Self efficacy

Indexed keywords

COSMETIC;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; CANCER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HAIRDRESSER; HEALTH; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; SKIN; STUDENT; TAIWAN; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION; WORKPLACE; WORKROOM AIR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEAUTY CULTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; TAIWAN;

EID: 11944249681     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20118     Document Type: Article

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