A description of factors affecting hazardous waste workers’ use of respiratory protective equipment

Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 471-479

  Salazar, Mary K ^a   Takaro, Timothy K ^b   Connon, Catherine ^a   Ertell, Kathy ^b   Pappas, George ^b   Barnhart, Scott ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Barriers to Personal Protective Equipment; Multiattribute Utility Model; Respiratory Hazards; Respiratory Protection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE DEVICES;

EID: 85012429200     PISSN: 1047322X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/104732299302675     Document Type: Article

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