Protecting workers in large-scale emergency responses: NIOSH experience in the deepwater horizon response

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 711-715

  Kitt, Margaret M ^a   Decker, John A ^a   Delaney, Lisa ^a   Funk, Renee ^a   Halpin, John ^a   Tepper, Allison ^b   Spahr, James ^a   Howard, John ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OIL DISPERSANT; PETROLEUM;

BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; DECISION MAKING; DISASTER PLANNING; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EMERGENCY; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HURRICANE; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INHALATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEADERSHIP; MENTAL HEALTH; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; NOTE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; OIL SPILL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESCUE PERSONNEL; REST; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; SLEEP TIME; STRESS MANAGEMENT; TERRORISM; TOXICITY TESTING; TRAINING; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTARY WORKER; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 79960835283     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e31822543b6     Document Type: Article

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