Medical surveillance of hazardous waste workers: principles and problems.
A large industry has grown up to deal with hazardous waste, which has become a major public policy problem. This article presents an overview of the principles and problems of carrying out medical surveillance of the workers in this industry.
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Department of Environmental and Community Medicine, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway 08854.
D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D006256:Hazardous Waste; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards*; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000517:prevention & control*; D010809:Physical Fitness; D014481:United States; D014489:United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration
D006256:Hazardous Waste