Contingent workers and contingent health: Risks of a modern economy

JAMA

Volumn 299, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 448-450

  Cummings, Kristin J ^a   Kreiss, Kathleen ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; NOTE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; ETHICS; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN RIGHTS; LEGAL ASPECT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

EMPLOYMENT; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38749085619     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.299.4.448     Document Type: Note

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