Temporal patterns in work-related fatalities among foreign-born workers in the US, 1992-2007

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 954-962

  Menéndez, Cammie K Chaumont ^a   Havea, Solomone A ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fatalities; Foreign born; Immigrant; Injuries; Occupational; Work related

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81355139598     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-010-9379-8     Document Type: Article

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