Risk-Risk Balancing for Hazardous Waste Workers: Alternative Work, Traffic Fatalities, and Unemployment

Risk Analysis

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 347-348

  Gochfeld, Michael ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hazardous waste; Remediation; Risk risk balancing; Safety

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; PERSONNEL; REMEDIATION; SAFETY FACTOR; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

HAZARDOUS WASTE WORKERS; TRAFFIC FATALITIES;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; HAZARDOUS WASTE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SAFETY;

FATALITY; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MONITORING; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RISK; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 2442554100     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0272-4332.2004.00436.x     Document Type: Review

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