Street corner hazard surveillance and health intervention among chicago day laborers

Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 9-12

  Buchanan, Susan N ^a   Evens, Anne ^a   Buckley, Cile ^b   Friedman, Lee ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c John Stroger Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

Author keywords

Day labor; Lead; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

LEAD; TETANUS TOXOID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CONSTRUCTION WORK; DUST EXPOSURE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FOREIGN WORKER; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LABOR; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TETANUS PROPHYLAXIS; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE; BLOOD; EMPLOYMENT; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; VACCINATION;

ADULT; CHICAGO; EMPLOYMENT; HUMANS; LEAD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; TETANUS TOXOID; VACCINATION;

EID: 45949092084     PISSN: 19338244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/AEOH.63.1.9-12     Document Type: Article

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