Undocumented status as a social determinant of occupational safety and health: The workers' perspective

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1127-1137

  Flynn, Michael A ^a   Eggerth, Donald E ^a   Jacobson, C Jeffrey ^b,c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coping strategies; Disengagement; Immigrant workers; Latino health; Occupational safety and health; Social determinates of health; Structural violence; Theory of work adjustment; Undocumented status

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BUILDING INDUSTRY; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRANT; MIGRATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SAFETY; UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANT; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SAFETY; UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84944513262     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22531     Document Type: Article

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