Occupational injury and absence from work among African American, Hispanic, and Non-Hispanic White workers in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1226-1232

  Strong, Larkin L ^a,b,c   Zimmerman, Frederick J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RACE; RISK FACTOR; WORK SCHEDULE;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 21144452180     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2004.044396     Document Type: Article

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