Occupational vs. industry sector classification of the US workforce: Which approach is more strongly associated with worker health outcomes?

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 748-757

  Arheart, Kristopher L ^a   Fleming, Lora E ^a   Lee, David J ^a   LeBlanc, William G ^a   Caban Martinez, Alberto J ^a   Ocasio, Manuel A ^a   McCollister, Kathryn E ^a   Christ, Sharon L ^b,c   Clarke, Tainya ^a   Kachan, Diana ^a   Davila, Evelyn P ^a   Fernandez, Cristina A ^a  

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

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH); National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; MORTALITY; OCCUPATION; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONS; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052553681     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20973     Document Type: Article

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