Action on worksite health and safety problems: A follow-up survey of workers participating in a hazardous waste worker training program

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 730-743

  Cole, Brian L ^a   Brown, Marianne Parker ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

action; hazardous waste; worker empowerment; worksite health and safety training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANAGEMENT; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRAINING;

ARIZONA; CALIFORNIA; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; LABOR UNIONS; LANGUAGE; LOGISTIC MODELS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRIVATE SECTOR; PROBLEM SOLVING; PUBLIC SECTOR; SAFETY;

EID: 0029907813     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199612)30:6<730::AID-AJIM10>3.3.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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