Agency-hired hotel housekeepers an at-risk group for adverse health outcomes

Workplace Health and Safety

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 81-85

  Sanon, Marie Anne V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; MANPOWER; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSING; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

HOUSEKEEPING; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSING; PERSONNEL SELECTION; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84898651792     PISSN: 21650799     EISSN: 21650969     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/21650799-20140121-02     Document Type: Article

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