Occupational racial composition and nonfatal work injuries

Social Problems

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 549-572

  Berdahl, Terceira A ^a   McQuillan, Julia ^b  

^a AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

And social inequality; Health; Labor markets; Occupational racial composition; Work injury

Indexed keywords

EID: 55549116367     PISSN: 00377791     EISSN: 15338533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/sp.2008.55.4.549     Document Type: Article

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