Developing a proactive research agenda to advance nail salon worker health, safety, and rights

Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 75-82

  Quach, Thu ^a,b,c,d   Liou, Julia ^a,b   Fu, Lisa ^a   Mendiratta, Anuja ^a   Tong, My ^a,c   Reynolds, Peggy ^a,c,d  

^a California Healthy Nail Salon Collaborative   (United States)

^b Asian Health Services   (United States)

^c CANCER PREVENTION INSTITUTE OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmetic products; Green chemistry; Nail salon; Occupational exposures; Worker health

Indexed keywords

COSMETIC;

ARTICLE; COSMETIC INDUSTRY; DANGEROUS GOODS; ETHNOLOGY; GREEN CHEMISTRY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MANPOWER; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; VIET NAM;

BEAUTY CULTURE; CALIFORNIA; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; COSMETICS; GREEN CHEMISTRY TECHNOLOGY; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HEALTH CARE COALITIONS; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; VIETNAM;

EID: 84863758014     PISSN: 15570541     EISSN: 1557055X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/cpr.2012.0005     Document Type: Article

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