Work safety climate and safety practices among immigrant Latino residential construction workers

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 736-745

  Arcury, Thomas A ^a   Mills, Thomas ^b   Marín, Antonio J ^a   Summers, Phillip ^a   Quandt, Sara A ^a   Rushing, Julia ^a   Lang, Wei ^a   Grzywacz, Joseph G ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Construction; Immigrant workers; Latinos; Minority health; Organization of work

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BUILDING INDUSTRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK REDUCTION; SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; NORTH CAROLINA; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SAFETY;

EID: 84863776502     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22058     Document Type: Article

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