Protecting contract workers: Case study of the US Department of Energy's Nuclear and Chemical Waste Management

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 97, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1607-1613

  Gochfeld, Michael ^a   Mohr, Sandra ^b  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC BOMB; CHEMICAL WASTE; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR WASTE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WORKER; ADULT; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INJURY; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; FEMALE; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; OUTSOURCED SERVICES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; UNITED STATES OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 34548516383     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2006.108795     Document Type: Review

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