Young workers

Occupational Medicine - State of the Art Reviews

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 519-536

  Castillo, Dawn N ^a   Davis, Letitia ^b   Wegman, David H ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RESEARCH; REVIEW; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33749087827     PISSN: 0885114X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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