Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 44, Issue 4 , Pages 349-355 , April 2009

Attitudes and Beliefs About Adolescent Work and Workplace Safety Among Parents of Working Adolescents

  • Carol W. Runyan, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • University of North Carolina Injury Prevention Research Center, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
    • Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of North Carolina School of Public Health, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
    • Department of Pediatrics, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Carol W. Runyan, CB 7505, University of North Carolina, 137 East Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7505.
    • ,
  • Michael Schulman, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • University of North Carolina Injury Prevention Research Center, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
    • Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of North Carolina School of Public Health, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
    • Department of Sociology and Anthropology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina
    • ,
  • Janet Dal Santo (Dr.P.H.)

      Affiliations

    • University of North Carolina Injury Prevention Research Center, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
    • ,
  • J. Michael Bowling, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • University of North Carolina Injury Prevention Research Center, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
    • Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of North Carolina School of Public Health, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
    • Department of Biostatistics, University of North Carolina School of Public Health, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
    • ,
  • Robert Agans, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, University of North Carolina School of Public Health, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Received 29 February 2008 ,Accepted 6 August 2008.

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PII: S1054-139X(08)00349-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2008.08.009

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 44, Issue 4 , Pages 349-355 , April 2009

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