Legal solutions for the problems of special populations at risk

Occupational Medicine - State of the Art Reviews

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 665-686

  Spieler, Emily A ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DISABLED PERSON; ECONOMIC ASPECT; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MINORITY GROUP; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SECURITY; UNITED STATES; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

DISABLED PERSONS; ECONOMIC COMPETITION; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREJUDICE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SECURITY; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 33749112414     PISSN: 0885114X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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