Correct procedures and cutting corners: A qualitative study of women's occupational health and safety in a beauty therapy industry

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 555-557

  Hepworth, Julie ^a   Murtagh, Madeleine ^b  

^a Argosy University   (United States)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSMETIC INDUSTRY; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 28944441244     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2005.tb00250.x     Document Type: Article

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