Occupational safety and health education and training for underserved populations

New Solutions

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 83-106

  O’connor, Tom ^a,b   Flynn, Michael ^c,d,g   Weinstock, Deborah ^e   Zanoni, Joseph ^f  

^a National Council for Occupational Safety and Health   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MDB Inc   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^g NONE

Author keywords

Health education; Occupational safety; Training programs; Underserved communities

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; EDUCATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SAFETY; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84927170636     PISSN: 10482911     EISSN: 15413772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/NS.24.1.d     Document Type: Article

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