Health and Employment Practices : Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications of Advances in Toxicogenomics

Workplace Health and Safety

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 529-533

  Weinstein, Marc ^a   Widenor, Marcus ^a   Hecker, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CONFIDENTIALITY; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ETHICS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC PRIVACY; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; NURSE ATTITUDE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICOGENETICS; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

CONFIDENTIALITY; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC PRIVACY; GENETIC SCREENING; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; NURSE'S ROLE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSING; PERSONNEL SELECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL; TOXICOGENETICS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; WORKPLACE;

EID: 33644858579     PISSN: 21650799     EISSN: 21650969     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/216507990505301208     Document Type: Article

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