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- Title
Workplace Health Hazards: Analysis of Hotline Calls Over a Six-Year Period.
- Authors
Quint, Julia; Handley, Margaret; Cummings, Kate
- Abstract
Abstract: 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%).
- Subjects
INDUSTRIAL hygiene; GOVERNMENT agencies; MEDICAL care; PUBLIC health; PHYSICIANS; LABOR unions; HEALTH risk assessment; HIGH-risk pregnancy; PHYSIOLOGICAL effects of chemicals
- Publication
American Journal of Public Health, 1990, Vol 80, Issue 2, p202
- ISSN
0090-0036
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2105/AJPH.80.2.202