Long-term impact of worker notification: Qualitative assessment of a community-based notification and screening program in Augusta, Georgia

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 113-123

  Needleman, Carolyn ^a   Connally, Lee Barbara ^b  

^a BRYN MAWR COLLEGE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Beta naphthylamine (BNA); Bladder cancer; Medical screening; Occupational disease; Right to know; Risk communication; Worker notification

Indexed keywords

2 NAPHTHYLAMINE;

ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; COMMUNITY CARE; ETHNOLOGY; EVALUATION; FAMILY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INFORMATION SERVICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT COUNSELING; POSTAL MAIL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCREENING; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES; WORKER NOTIFICATION;

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; COHORT STUDIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC MEASUREMENTS; FAMILY; GEORGIA; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0042243485     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.10249     Document Type: Article

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