Multiple chemical sensitivity and workplace discrimination: The national EEOC ADA research project

Work

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 391-402

  Vierstra, Courtney V ^a   Rumrill, Phillip D ^a   Koch, Lynn C ^b   McMahon, Brian T ^c  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLERGY; AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDER; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; EMPLOYER; EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENDER BIAS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LEGAL ASPECT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; DISABLED PERSONS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PREJUDICE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34249692387     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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