Surveillance of Washington OSHA exposure data to identify uncharacterized or emerging occupational health hazards

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 375-388

  Lofgren, Don J ^a   Reeb Whitaker, Carolyn K ^a   Adams, Darrin ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical substance exposure; Hazard surveillance; Inspections; Occupational health hazards; Occupational Safety and Health Administration; OSHA

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DANGEROUS GOODS; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; WASHINGTON;

EID: 77951441522     PISSN: 15459624     EISSN: 15459632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15459621003781207     Document Type: Article

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