Impact of a worker notification program: Assessment of attitudinal and behavioral outcomes

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 205-213

  Tan Wilhelm, Dorothy ^a   Witte, Kim ^b   Liu, Wen Ying ^c   Newman, Lee S ^d,e   Janssen, Alan ^a   Ellison, Chris ^a   Yancey, Anthony ^a   Sanderson, Wayne ^a   Henneberger, Paul K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SHIH HSIN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL JEWISH MEDICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Beryllium; Communication theory; Health behavior; Program evaluation; Worker notification

Indexed keywords

BERYLLIUM;

ARTICLE; BERYLLIOSIS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROTECTION; SAFETY; WORKER;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; BERYLLIUM; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH;

EID: 0033989043     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(200002)37:2<205::AID-AJIM6>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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