Factors influencing health and safety practices among Vietnamese nail salon technicians and owners: A qualitative study
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Developing a proactive research agenda to advance nail salon worker health, safety, and rights.
THE PROBLEM Nail salons represent a burgeoning industry with Vietnamese immigrant workers making up the majority. Workers routinely handle cosmetic products containing hazardous compounds, with implications for their health. PURPOSE OF ARTICLE This paper describes how a collaborative of multiple organizations and community members collectively developed a proactive research agenda for salon w...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Industrial Medicine
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0271-3586
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22947