Development and piloting of an exposure database and surveillance system for doe cleanup operations

American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 213-224

  Lamontagne, Anthony D ^a,e   Van Dyke, Michael V ^b   Martyny, John W ^b   Simpson, Mark W ^c   Holwager, Lee Ann ^c   Clausen, Bret M ^c   James Ruttenber, A ^d  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Tri County Health Department Colorado   (United States)

^c Safe Sites of Colorado   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Exposure database; Exposure surveillance; Hazard surveillance; Industrial hygiene database; Intervention effectiveness research; Public health surveillance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036215544     PISSN: 15428117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15428110208984707     Document Type: Article

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