Workplace Safety Interventions for Commercial Fishermen of the Gulf

Journal of Agromedicine

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 178-189

  Levin, Jeffrey L ^a   Gilmore, Karen ^a   Wickman, Amanda ^a   Shepherd, Sara ^a   Shipp, Eva ^b   Nonnenmann, Matthew ^c   Carruth, Ann ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gulf Coast; interventions; shrimp fishermen; Vietnamese; workplace safety behaviors

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; ASIAN AMERICAN; EAR PROTECTIVE DEVICE; FISHERY; GULF OF MEXICO; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LOUISIANA; MALE; MORTALITY; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; TEXAS; UTILIZATION; WORKPLACE;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; ASIAN AMERICANS; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; EAR PROTECTIVE DEVICES; FISHERIES; FOCUS GROUPS; GULF OF MEXICO; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; LOUISIANA; MALE; SAFETY; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TEXAS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84962118523     PISSN: 1059924X     EISSN: 15450813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1059924X.2016.1143430     Document Type: Article

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