Disparities by ethnicity, language, and immigrant status in occupational health experiences among Las Vegas hotel room cleaners

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 960-975

  Premji, St́ephanie ^a   Krause, Niklas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Disparities; Ethnicity; Immigrants; Language; Management; Medical care; Occupational health; Workers compensation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; INJURY; INSURANCE; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PAIN; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; AGED; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOUSEKEEPING; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REPORTING; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEVADA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PAIN; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WORKERS' COMPENSATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956932216     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20860     Document Type: Article

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