Disparities in Occupational and Environmental Exposures and Health

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• Personal Author:
  Baron, Sherry L. ; Dorsey JW
• Description:
  Although all workers and communities may potentially face one or more of the hazards discussed in this book, certain populations-because of their age, race, ethnicity, or economic position - are more likely to be employed in the most dangerous occupations and workplaces or live in the most polluted neighborhoods. Many of these same populations also represent a disproportionate share of those who (a) lack health insurance, (b) cannot afford decent childcare services, and (c) have insufficient political and economic influence to obtain adequate services and economic investment for their neighborhoods. This chapter will describe some of these inequities and explain how differential patterns of work-related injuries and illness have resulted and how many low-income and minority communities have become polluted by the disproportionate siting of hazardous industrial and waste facilities in their communities. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Age Factors Aging Demography Environmental Exposure Environmental Health Environmental Pollution Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Race Factors Safety Sex Characteristics

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• Keywords:
  Age-factors Age-groups Demographic-characteristics Environmental-exposure Environmental-hazards Environmental-health Injuries Occupational-exposure Occupational-hazards Occupational-health Racial-factors Sex-factors

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• ISBN:
  9780781755511
• Publisher:
  Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Book
• Place as Subject:
  Florida ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20029626
• Citation:
  Occupational and environmental health: recognizing and preventing disease and injury, 5th edition. Levy BS, Wegman DH, Baron SL, Sokas RK, eds. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2005 Nov; :641-660
• Editor(s):
  Levy BS; Wegman DH; Baron SL; Sokas RK
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2006
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Occupational and environmental health: recognizing and preventing disease and injury, 5th edition
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/190565/cdc_190565_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 4.42 MB ]