Improving occupational safety and health among mexican immigrant workers: A binational collaboration

Public Health Reports

Volumn 128, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2013, Pages 33-38

  Flynn, Michael A ^a,b   Check, Pietra ^a   Eggerth, Donald E ^a,b   Tonda, Josana ^c  

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

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Ministry of Foreign Affairs   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MIGRATION; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACISM; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84887878045     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00333549131286s306     Document Type: Article

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