Risk amid recovery: Occupational health and safety of Latino day laborers in the aftermath of the Gulf Coast hurricanes

Organization and Environment

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 479-490

  Delp, Linda ^a   Podolsky, Laura ^a   Aguilar, Tomás ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Colectivo Flatlander ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Day laborers; Gulf Coast Hurricane; Worker health and safety

Indexed keywords

HEALTH AND SAFETY; HURRICANE KATRINA 2005; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; LABOR MIGRATION; LABOR POLICY; LATINO PEOPLE; WORKING CONDITIONS; WORKPLACE;

LOUISIANA; MISSISSIPPI; UNITED STATES;

EID: 72149103790     PISSN: 10860266     EISSN: 15527417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1086026609347193     Document Type: Article

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