Occupational and environmental medicine: Moving the factory fence or hedging our bets?

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 217-220

  Lewis, P G ^a  

^a 100 Independence Mall West ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical testing; Endocrine disruption; Environmental justice; Ergonomics; Exposure limits; Hormesis; HPV SIDS; Material safety data sheets; Multiple chemical sensitivity; OECD; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ERGONOMICS; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; POPULATION GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAFETY; SHORT SURVEY; TOXICOLOGY;

EID: 0033944646     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/50.4.217     Document Type: Short Survey

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