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   Occupational Health and Safety Policy, Implementation, and Research in the United States of America


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Series 1 - Occupational Health and Safety Policy
Series 2 - Public Health Policies, ... in the United States
Series 3 - Public Health Policies, ... in Foreign Countries
Series 4 - Bioethics in the U.S. & Selected Countries
Series 5 - Health Surveillance/Maintenance ... Workplace
Series 6 - Emerging Diseases
Series 7 - Aging
Series 8 - Occupational/Environmental Health and Safety
Series 9 - Nuclear Terrorism

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Occupational Health and Safety Research and Development Mission of a Non-Regulatory Agency - National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health - NIOSH

1. NIOSH Mission in Occupational Safety and Health and Its Research and Development Activities

  • Jane Lipscomb, Ph.D.
    Senior Scientist
    NIOSH Washington Office


  • Date: July 9, 1997
  • Time: 1105 - 1130

2. Novel NIOSH Research on Microbiological Evaluation

  • Millie Schafer, Ph.D.
    Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering
    NIOSH


  • Date: July 9, 1997
  • Time: 1130 - 1155

Questions and Answers

  • Date: July 9, 1997
  • Time: 1155 - 1215
[*To be confirmed]

Series 1

Distressed worker.

"...growing concern about workers' health is based on the recognition that workers' health is a fundamental factor in human sustainable development because it plays a major role in promoting economic growth. Workers' health is a fundamental right that needs an efficient economy and an environment of equity and social justice. Today it is very difficult to separate health, occupational and environmental problems from economic problems..."
 
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