Work hazards and workplace safety violations experienced by adolescent construction workers

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 160, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 721-727

  Runyan, Carol W ^a,b,c   Dal Santo, Janet ^a,b   Schulman, Michael ^a,b,d   Lipscomb, Hester J ^e   Harris, Thomas A ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f State Employees Association of North Carolina   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCTION WORK; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEGAL ASPECT; LEGAL LIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORK EXPERIENCE; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE; WORKPLACE VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HUMANS; NORTH CAROLINA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

EID: 33745685801     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 10724710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.160.7.721     Document Type: Article

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