Workplace injury or "part of the job"?: Towards a gendered understanding of injuries and complaints among young workers

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 782-793

  Curtis Breslin, F ^a   Polzer, Jessica ^b   MacEachen, Ellen ^a   Morrongiello, Barbara ^c   Shannon, Harry ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Discourse analysis; Focus groups; Gender; Occupational health; Risk; Young workers

Indexed keywords

GENDER ISSUE; HEALTH RISK; INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; WORKPLACE; YOUNG POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SEVERITY; JUVENILE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; WORKPLACE;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; ONTARIO; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33846167477     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.10.024     Document Type: Article

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