Workplace health hazards
Analysis of hotline calls over a six-year period
Dados Bibliográficos
| ID | 11026544 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Julia Quint (California Health and Human Services Agency), Margaret A Handley (0000-0001-5034-2111), M Handley, K Cummings, Karen R Cummings |
| Ano | 1990 |
| Volume | 80 |
| Fascículo | 2 |
| Páginas | 202-204 |
| Data de publicação | 1990-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sim |
| Open Access | Não |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Periódico | American Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores do periódico | ISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048 |
| Editora | American Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2105/ajph.80.2.202 |
| PMID | 2297067 |
| OpenAlex | W2002932165 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Referências citadas | 2 |
Between 1981-1986 a state-based occupational health telephone hotline received more than 8,000 inquiries on over 3,000 hazardous agents. Major caller groups were employees (37%), employers (20%), health care providers, primarily physicians (19%), government agencies (12%), and labor unions (6%). Employees were the fastest growing caller group. Callers inquired about general health hazards of chemicals (65%), the relation of symptoms to work (22%), and risks to pregnancy (13%)
Environmental health · Family medicine · Government (linguistics) · Hazardous waste · Health care · Hotline · Medical emergency · Occupational safety and health · Political science · Telecommunications · Chemical Safety and Risk Management · Medicine · Occupational Health and Safety Research · Safety Warnings and Signage
| Velocidade de citação | historical |
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| Altamente citado | Não |