Determinants of the provision of ethylene oxide medical surveillance in Massachusetts hospitals

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 155-168

  LaMontagne, Anthony D ^a   Rudd, Rima E ^a   Mangione, Thomas W ^b   Kelsey, Karl T ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHN SNOW INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PERIODIC MEDICAL EXAMINATION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ETHYLENE OXIDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; STERILIZATION; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION;

LIGUSTICUM PORTERI;

EID: 0029911727     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043764-199602000-00013     Document Type: Article

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