Development of a medical examination program for former workers at a Department of Energy National Laboratory

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 443-454

  Breysse, Patrick N ^a   Weaver, Virginia ^a   Cadorette, Maureen ^a   Wiggs, Laurie ^b   Curbow, Barbara ^a   Stefaniak, Aleksandr ^a   Melius, Jim ^c   Newman, Lee ^d   Smith, Hugh ^b   Schwartz, Brian ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Laborers' Health and Safety Fund of North America   (United States)

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

Author keywords

DOE; Medical screening; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; BERYLLIUM; LEAD; SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NOISE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION SIZE; SCREENING TEST;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036827905     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.10136     Document Type: Article

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