From agricultural fields to urban asphalt: The role of worker education to promote California’s heat Illness prevention standard

New Solutions

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 297-323

  Riley, Kevin ^a   Delp, Linda ^b   Cornelio, Deogracia ^c   Jacobs, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Capacity building; Government standards; Health promotores; Worker education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAPACITY BUILDING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEAT INJURY; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SAFETY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; CAPACITY BUILDING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 84873498814     PISSN: 10482911     EISSN: 15413772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/NS.22.3.e     Document Type: Article

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