Workplace health and safety concerns in service organizations in the inner city

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 489-497

  Holness, D Linn ^a,b   Somerville, Sean ^a   Kosny, Agnieszka ^a   Gadeski, Janet ^b   Mastandrea, John Joseph ^b   Sinclair, G Malcolm ^b  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b Metropolitan United Church   (Canada)

Author keywords

Inner city workers; Inner city workplaces; Occupational health; Worker safety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFECTION; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; VOLUNTEER; WORKER; WORKPLACE;

FEMALE; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ONTARIO; ORGANIZATIONS, NONPROFIT; URBAN POPULATION; WORKPLACE;

EID: 4344664624     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jurban/jth132     Document Type: Article

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