Communication of Risk Information to Workers and Managers: Do Industrial Hygienists Differ in Their Communication Techniques?

American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 186-190

  McMahan, Shari ^a   Meyer, Jon'a ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Risk communication

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

ARTICLE; ASBESTOSIS; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LAW; MASS COMMUNICATION; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030052599     PISSN: 15298663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15428119691015124     Document Type: Article

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