. "6 Laws, Regulations, and Training." Protecting Youth at Work:
Health, Safety, and Development of Working Children and
Adolescents in the United States. Washington, DC: The National
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Adolescents in the United States labor laws is common.13 A
recent survey of health care providers who treat adolescents
found that over three-quarters of them were unfamiliar with the
child labor laws pertaining to prohibited jobs and hours.14
Efforts to educate the public about potential hazards to young
workers have been mounted by federal and state government
agencies. For example, in May 1995 the National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) issued an alert on
preventing deaths and injuries of working adolesce