Occupational health and safety experience of day laborers in Seattle, WA

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 399-406

  Seixas, Noah S ^a   Blecker, Hillary ^a   Camp, Janice ^a   Neitzel, Rick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Contingent workforce; Day labor; Immigrant workers; Occupational health and safety; Worker centers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMPLOYEE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; WORKER;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; WASHINGTON; WORKPLACE;

EID: 44349191520     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20577     Document Type: Article

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