Occupational and environmental health challenges and opportunities

Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 3-22

  Levy, Barry S ^a   Wegman, David H ^b,c   Baron, Sherry L ^d   Sokas, Rosemary K ^e  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^e GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Context of occupational and environmental health; Disciplines in occupational and environmental health; Environmental health; Occupational health; Prevention; Sources of occupational and environmental health information

Indexed keywords

EID: 85052937953     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780190662677.003.0001     Document Type: Chapter

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