New Directions at NIOSH [1997]

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  This brochure contains a message from the director of NIOSH concerning the role of NIOSH in making occupational safety and health a key part of American industry. The brochure briefly discusses workplace injury and disease and NIOSH's role in ensuring safe and healthful working conditions. NIOSH surveillance programs, laboratory research, field research, training programs, and information services are described. The National Occupational Research Agenda developed by NIOSH is summarized and the 21 priority research areas are listed. NIOSH's new Health Effects Laboratory Division and its new laboratory building in Morgantown, West Virginia were described and areas of research were presented. The brochure also contains the NIOSH organizational chart and information about educational resource centers, NIOSH Divisions, NIOSH Offices, and the Epidemic Intelligence Service. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Epidemiology Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Respiratory Protective Devices Safety Staff Development
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Name as Subject:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
• Genre:
  Pamphlet or Booklet
• Place as Subject:
  District of Columbia ; OSHA Region 3
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OD - Office of the Director
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  31 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00235009
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:b0836e3890f4f52251ec60497f5a0e26eba5540168bdc942e036aae06f562c8d62ee6a25e694e132e5b52e6406c9c879f7d8c8f04e353a1182b12c0c7a03d262
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/11341/cdc_11341_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 896.70 KB ]