Workers' liberty, workers' welfare: The Supreme Court speaks on the rights of disabled employees

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 540-544

  Bayer, Ronald ^a  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COURT; DISABILITY; EMPLOYMENT; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; WELFARE; ARTICLE; CIVIL RIGHTS; DANGEROUS GOODS; DISABLED PERSON; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ECONOMICS; FREEDOM; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; JURISPRUDENCE; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PATERNALISM; PATHOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; WORK CAPACITY;

CIVIL RIGHTS; DISABLED PERSONS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; EMPLOYMENT; FREEDOM; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; MALE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PATERNALISM; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUPREME COURT DECISIONS; UNITED STATES; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION;

EID: 0038136780     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.93.4.540     Document Type: Review

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