Employer, use of personal protective equipment, and work safety climate: Latino poultry processing workers

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 180-188

  Arcury, Thomas A ^a   Grzywacz, Joseph G ^a   Anderson, Andrea M ^a   Mora, Dana C ^a   Carrillo, Lourdes ^a   Chen, Haiying ^a   Quandt, Sara A ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Health disparities; Immigrant workers; Minority health; Organization of work

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; EYE PROTECTIVE DEVICE; FEMALE; FOOD INDUSTRY; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION; POULTRY; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EYE PROTECTIVE DEVICES; FEMALE; FOOD-PROCESSING INDUSTRY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; POULTRY; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 84872368766     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22101     Document Type: Article

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