A preliminary survey of Vietnamese nail salon workers in Alameda County, California

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 336-343

  Quach, Thu ^a   Nguyen, Kim Dung ^b   Doan Billings, Phuong An ^b   Okahara, Linda ^b   Fan, Cathyn ^c   Reynolds, Peggy ^a  

^a NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b Asian Health Services   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Health surveys; Nail salons; Occupational exposure; Vietnamese

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; DRUG ACTIVITY; DYSPNEA; EYE IRRITATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PILOT STUDY; SKIN IRRITATION; UNITED STATES; VIET NAM; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; BEAUTY CULTURE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIETNAM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 50249143999     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-008-9107-7     Document Type: Article

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