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Health and safety needs of older workers
Title
Health and safety needs of older workers [electronic resource] / Committee on the Health and Safety Needs of Older Workers ; David H. Wegman and James P. McGee, editors.
ISBN
030909111X (hardcover)
9780309091114 (hardcover)
Published
Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2004.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xiv, 301 p.) : ill.
Notes
Description based on print version record.
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National Academies Press.
Other formats
Print version: Health and safety needs of older workers. Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2004
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 23, 2013
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Demographic characteristics of the older workforce
The role of the changing labor market and the changing nature of work in older workers' work experiences and health outcomes
The social and economic context of work for older persons
Physical and cognitive differences between older and younger workers
Effects of workplace exposures on older workers
Programs and policies related to the older workforce and safe work
Interventions for older workers
Conclusions and recommendations.
Subjects
Subjects (Medical)
Occupational Diseases - prevention & control - United States.
Age Factors - United States.
Occupational Health - United States.
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