Occupational Injury Risk Assessment: Perspective and Introduction to the First Special Issue

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• Personal Author:
  Rosenstock, Linda ; Stout N
• Description:
  Since Congress passed the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, occupational injuries have been increasingly recognized as a major source of life long disability and serious economic loss to workers and employers. The Act established the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), and charged it with the enormous responsibility of conducting research and prevention efforts to assure every working man and woman safe and healthful working conditions. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Safety Workplace
• Keywords:
  Injuries Occupational-health Occupational-safety-programs Work-environment Workers Workplace-monitoring
• ISSN:
  1080-7039
• Publisher:
  CRC Press Incorporated
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  California ; District of Columbia ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 9 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OD - Office of the Director ; DSR - Division of Safety Research
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  7
• Issue:
  7
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20022104
• Citation:
  Hum Ecol Risk Assess 2001 Dec; 7(7):1771-1773
• Contact Point Address:
  Nancy Stout, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Division of Safety Research, 1095 Willowdale Road, Morgantown, WV 26505
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2002
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Human and Ecological Risk Assessment
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:802d1c6cd7a49a84c8c290db8f79a41732fba982ecb186eac7f50bca923cf229d048042d0c03b653a218c492b9014fb130cce808905e1953ce04364b6de0337c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/199038/cdc_199038_DS1.pdf
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