Titre :
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Occupational health of Southeast Asian immigrants in a US City : A comparison of data sources. (2003)
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Auteurs :
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Lenore-S AZAROFF ;
Charles LEVENSTEIN ;
David-H WEGMAN
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Type de document :
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Article
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Dans :
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American journal of public health (vol. 93, n° 4, 2003)
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Pagination :
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593-598
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Langues:
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Anglais
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Mots-clés :
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Etat santé
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Activité professionnelle
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Immigration
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Evaluation
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Facteur risque
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Homme
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Epidémiologie
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Etats Unis
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Amérique
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Médecine travail
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Etude comparée
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Amérique du Nord
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Résumé :
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[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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