Possibilities and challenges in occupational injury surveillance of day laborers

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 126-134

  Lowry, Sarah J ^a   Blecker, Hillary ^a   Camp, Janice ^a   De Castro, Butch ^a   Hecker, Steven ^a   Arbabi, Saman ^b   Traven, Neal ^b   Seixas, Noah S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Harborview Injury Prevention   (United States)

Author keywords

Contingent; Day labor; Occupational injury surveillance; Trauma registry

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; WASHINGTON; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75749132019     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20741     Document Type: Article

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