Racial and ethnic disparities in work-related injuries and socio-economic resources among nursing assistants employed in US nursing homes

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 951-959

  Tak, Sang Woo ^a   Alterman, Toni ^a   Baron, Sherry ^a   Calvert, Geoffrey M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Health disparity; Nursing assistant; Nursing home; Work related injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING HOME; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS (U.S.); NURSES' AIDES; NURSING HOMES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956906224     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20852     Document Type: Article

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