Basic personnel tools to help ensure a future public health and environmental laboratory workforce

Public Health Reports

Volumn 125, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2010, Pages 96-101

  DeBoy, John M ^a   Luedtke, Patrick ^b   Warren, Nancy ^c   Wichman, Michael ^d  

^a MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

^b UTAH DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; LABORATORY; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; SCIENTIST; STANDARDIZATION; ARTICLE; CAREER MOBILITY; HUMAN; MANPOWER; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; WORK;

CAREER MOBILITY; HUMANS; JOB DESCRIPTION; LABORATORIES; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE;

EID: 77953937408     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00333549101250s212     Document Type: Review

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