Application of handheld devices to field research among underserved construction worker populations: A workplace health assessment pilot study

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Caban Martinez, Alberto J ^a   Clarke, Tainya C ^a   Davila, Evelyn P ^a   Fleming, Lora E ^a   Lee, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIELD SURVEY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM; TOBACCO; WORKPLACE;

ARTICLE; BONE DISEASE; CAPITAL; CONSTRUCTION WORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; DEVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EXPERIENCE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMED CONSENT; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; TOBACCO; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE; ADULT; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROCOMPUTER; QUESTIONNAIRE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

MALUS X DOMESTICA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

ADULT; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; FLORIDA; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; WORKPLACE;

EID: 79953247571     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-10-27     Document Type: Article

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