Occupational health services at ten U.S. Department of Energy Weapons sites

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 418-428

  Salazar, Mary K ^a   Takaro, Timothy K ^a   Gochfeld, Michael ^b   Barnhart, Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hazardous waste site; Health care delivery; Occupational hazards; Occupational health and safety programs; Quality assessment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DATA BASE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NUCLEAR SAFETY; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PHYSICIAN; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION PROTECTION; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNICATION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EFFICIENCY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NUCLEAR WARFARE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RISK MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037388394     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.10196     Document Type: Article

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