Promoting health and safety in San Francisco's Chinatown restaurants: Findings and lessons learned from a pilot observational checklist

Public Health Reports

Volumn 126, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2011, Pages 62-69

  Gaydos, Megan ^a   Bhatia, Rajiv ^a   Morales, Alvaro ^a   Lee, Pam Tau ^b   Liu, Shaw San ^c   Chang, Charlotte ^b   Salvatore, Alicia L ^b   Krause, Niklas ^d   Minkler, Meredith ^b  

^a SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Chinese Progressive Association   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; COMPENSATION; FEMALE; FIRST AID; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; CHECKLIST; LEGAL ASPECT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PILOT STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; WORKPLACE;

CHECKLIST; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PILOT PROJECTS; RESTAURANTS; SAN FRANCISCO; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 80655145193     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00333549111260s311     Document Type: Article

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