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Titre :	Occupational health of Southeast Asian immigrants in a US City : A comparison of data sources. (2003)
Auteurs :	Lenore-S AZAROFF ; Charles LEVENSTEIN ; David-H WEGMAN
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	American journal of public health (vol. 93, n° 4, 2003)
Pagination :	593-598
Langues:	Anglais
Mots-clés :	Etat santé ; Activité professionnelle ; Immigration ; Evaluation ; Facteur risque ; Homme ; Epidémiologie ; Etats Unis ; Amérique ; Médecine travail ; Etude comparée ; Amérique du Nord
Résumé :	[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS Gr5pR0xb. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Objectives. This study sought to characterize occupational injury and illness cases identified through 3 different sources of data on a population of immigrant workers. Methods. Participants were Cambodian and Lao workers living in Lowell, Mass. A household survey allowed comparisons between characteristics of work-related cases documented in workers' compensation wage replacement records and hospital records and characteristics of self-reported cases. Results. The household survey captured types of cases missing from existing data, particularly illnesses self-reported to be associated with chemical exposures. Injuries and illnesses affecting the study population appeared to be significantly underrepresented in workers' compensation wage replacement data. Conclusions. Community-based methods can supplement available occupational health data sources.

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