Testing as a measure of worker health and safety training: Perspectives from a hazardous materials program

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 221-228

  Weidner, B Louise ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Health and safety training; Proficiency assessment; Training effectiveness; Worker training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LEARNING; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; SAFETY; TRAINING; WORKER;

HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 0033986032     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(200002)37:2<221::AID-AJIM8>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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