US child labor violations in the retail and service industries: Findings from a national survey of working adolescents

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 98, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1693-1699

  Rauscher, Kimberly J ^a   Runyan, Carol W ^a,b,c   Schulman, Michael D ^d   Bowling, J Michael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD SAFETY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; COMMERCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; EMPLOYMENT; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SCHOOLS; TIME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 51549119969     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2007.122853     Document Type: Article

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