Chemical hazards in health care: High hazard, high risk, but low protection

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1076, Issue , 2006, Pages 601-606

  McDiarmid, Melissa A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical hazards; Healthcare workers

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; AZATHIOPRINE; BLEOMYCIN; BUSULFAN; CHLORAMBUCIL; CHLORMETHINE; CHLORNAPHAZINE; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; ETOPOSIDE; MELPHALAN; PREDNISONE; PROCARBAZINE; SEMUSTINE; TAMOXIFEN; THIOTEPA; VINCRISTINE SULFATE;

CHEMICAL WASTE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DANGEROUS GOODS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLOITATION; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ERGONOMICS; HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INCINERATION; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845659090     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1371.032     Document Type: Conference Paper

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