Disability and employment among U.S. working-age immigrants

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 425-434

  Xiang, Huiyun ^a   Shi, Junxin ^b   Wheeler, Krista ^a   Wilkins III, J R ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Disability; Employment; Immigrants

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISABLED PERSON; EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATION; RISK; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DISABLED PERSONS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EMPLOYMENT; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONS; ODDS RATIO; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949779047     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20802     Document Type: Article

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