Development and successful application of a "community-first" communication model for community-based environmental health research

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 146-156

  Emmett, Edward Anthony ^a,e   Zhang, Hong ^b   Shofer, Frances Susan ^a   Rodway, Nancy ^c   Desai, Chintan ^a   Freeman, David ^d   Hufford, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Sutter East Bay Medical Foundation   (United States)

^c THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Decatur Community Association   (United States)

^e Occupational Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; FLUOROCARBON; HEXADECAFLUORO NONANOIC ACID; HEXADECAFLUORO-NONANOIC ACID;

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BLOOD LEVEL; COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL; COMMUNITY; EMPOWERMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FOLLOW UP; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; JUSTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH; WATER SUPPLY; COMMUNITY CARE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANT;

COMMUNICATION; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FLUOROCARBONS; HUMANS; OHIO; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 67449103013     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3181965d9b     Document Type: Article

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