Observations On Work Force And Training Needs For Assessing Environmental Health Risks

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• Alternative Title:
  Public Health Rep
• Personal Author:
  DeRoos, R L ; Anderson, P N ; Berberich, N J ; Maugans, B ; Omenn, G S ; Rentos, P G
• Description:
  The continuing discoveries of hazardous waste sites have stimulated environmental health risk assessment efforts in State and local environmental health agencies. Elements of risk assessment are defined, showing how risk assessment interfaces with risk management. Environmental health risk assessment involves work components (tasks, activities, and technologies), the worker (position, classification, and occupation), and work organization (purpose, outputs, and objectives). Information from six State agencies was used to describe current State government experiences with environmental health risk assessment. Education and risk assessment are described, particularly as they relate to schools of public health and the role of continuing education for the public health work force.
• Subjects:
  Environmental Exposure Environmental Health Hazardous Waste Humans Public Health Risk Factors State Government Workforce
• Source:
  Public Health Rep. 103(4):348-354
• Pubmed ID:
  3136493
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMCnull
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  HRSA 84-244(P)/HR/NHLBI NIH HHS/U.S.
• Place as Subject:
  North America
• Volume:
  103
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00181939
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Public Health Reports
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:8c3b6c1a045610806a3ef4a3a42634c29ce2af38dcb2830f6c2d8fb94b5c0f9feb3a214b9c77d6087d91c897758e13878ec88d6162bfaad771424bd9e0955027
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/63184/cdc_63184_DS1.pdf
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