Occupational injury and work organization among immigrant Latino residential construction workers

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 698-706

  Grzywacz, Joseph G ^a   Quandt, Sara A ^a   Marín, Antonio ^a   Summers, Phillip ^a   Lang, Wei ^a   Mills, Thomas ^b,c   Evia, Carlos ^c   Rushing, Julia ^a   Donadio, Katherine ^a   Arcury, Thomas A ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Construction worker; Latinos; Occupational injury; Work organization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BUILDING INDUSTRY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIGRATION; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; NORTH CAROLINA; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; WORKLOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863777241     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22014     Document Type: Article

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