A qualitative investigation of Hispanic construction worker perspectives on factors impacting worksite safety and risk

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Roelofs, Cora ^a   Sprague Martinez, Linda ^b   Brunette, Maria ^a   Azaroff, Lenore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICON DIOXIDE;

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DUST; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNIC GROUP; INJURY; LANGUAGE; LEADERSHIP; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK PERCEPTION; SAFETY; SILICA; SOFTWARE; WORKPLACE;

AGGRESSIVENESS; ARTICLE; BUILDING WORKER; COMPETITION; CULTURAL FACTOR; FALLING; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; NAMED GROUPS BY OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESPONSIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; WORK ENVIRONMENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BUILDING INDUSTRY; DUST; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

SPAIN;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DUST; FOCUS GROUPS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK; SAFETY; SILICON DIOXIDE;

EID: 80053346670     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-10-84     Document Type: Article

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