Occupational safety and health protections against Ebola virus disease

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 703-714

  Ringen, Knut ^a   Landrigan, Philip J ^b   Stull, Jeffrey O ^a   Duffy, Richard ^e   Melius, James ^c   McDiarmid, Melissa A ^d  

^a Icahn School of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NYS Laborers Health and Safety Fund   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Consultant ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Ebola; Health worker protection; Occupational health; Precautionary principle

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; TRANSMISSION;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH;

EID: 84930761433     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22467     Document Type: Note

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