Risk factors associated with adverse health and safety outcomes in the us hispanic workforce

Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 299-310

  Acosta Leónb, Adriana Lucía ^a   Grote, Brandon P ^a   Salem, S ^a   Daraiseh, Nancy M ^a  

^a 705 Engineering Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Health and safety; Hispanic workforce; Immigrant workers; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 85007887120     PISSN: 1463922X     EISSN: 1464536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14639220500090695     Document Type: Article

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