Student involvement in improving the culture of safety in academic laboratories

Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 90, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1414-1417

  McGarry, Kathryn A ^a   Hurley, Katie R ^a   Volp, Kelly A ^a   Hill, Ian M ^a   Merritt, Brian A ^a   Peterson, Katie L ^a   Rudd, P Alex ^a   Erickson, Nicholas C ^a   Seiler, Lori A ^b   Gupta, Pankaj ^b   Bates, Frank S ^a   Tolman, William B ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b Dow Chemical Company   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaborative Cooperative Learning; Graduate Education Research; Laboratory Management; Safety Hazards; TA Training Orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887567762     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: 19381328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ed400305e     Document Type: Review

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