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Students should be able to describe:

Key Words

Occupational health, Occupational Medicine, Occupational Hygiene, Industrial Hygienist, Health Hazards, Risk Assessment, Worker health, workman's compensation, Maternal Safety Data Sheets, Right to Know, industrial epidemiology, OSHA, Dept. Of Labor, Environmental Hazards.

Concept 

Most people work outside their home and expect their workplace to be free from physical and environmental hazards. The workplace may be the only place where many lower income workers have access to health services.

References 

Return To Work (.pdf file, read with Adobe reader)
Maxcy Rosenau, 13th Ed. Scan introduction of chapters in section 3 (Environmental Health) particular attention to Chaps. 15 pp 315 - 324, Scan  chaps. 28, 30 & 31. 
14th Ed. Scan Chap 18 Sec. A & C, Sc an Chaps 32 & 33
Introduction to Public Health, Schneider, Chapter 19

Addl. Gen. Ref. from Dr Vance - Risk, costs and lives Saved. Getting better results from regulations. Edited by Robert W. Hahn. Oxford University Press. 1996) 

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