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United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Known as: Occupational Safety and Health Administration, United States Occupational Safety, Health Administration, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (U.S.) 
An office in the Department of Labor responsible for developing and establishing occupational safety and health standards.
National Institutes of Health

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2012
2012
Calorimetric studies and lessons on fires and explosions of a chemical plant producing CHP and DCPO.
Review
2008
Review
2008
Examining Evidence on Whether BLS Undercounts Workplace Injuries and Illnesses
The BLS Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses offers many advantages over other data systems, and BLS has been working on… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Airborne Methylene Diphenyl Diisocyanate (MDI) Concentrations Associated with the Application of Polyurethane Spray Foam in Residential Construction
The primary objectives of this study were (a) to measure potential exposures of applicators and assistants to airborne methylene… 
Review
1996
Review
1996
A Work-Systems Analysis of Compliance With Universal Precautions Among Health Care Workers
Universal precautions are work practices designed to protect health care workers from occupational exposure to HIV and other… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Representativeness of deaths identified through the injury-at-work item on the death certificate: implications for surveillance.
BACKGROUND This research investigated the accuracy of the injury-at-work item on the death certificate for surveillance of… 
1991
1991
Work-related deaths in children.
An analysis of OSHA fatality investigations for 1984-1987 found 104 work-related deaths in children. The largest category (30… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Characterization of the airborne concentrations of lead in U.S. industry.
Occupational exposure to lead represents a continuing problem of significant magnitude in the United States. To characterize the… 
1986
1986
The Economic Consequences of the OSHA Cotton Dust Standards: An Analysis of Stock Price Behavior
IN a celebrated 1981 decision, the Supreme Court upheld the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) standards… 
1984
1984
The rules of the game: an analysis of OSHA's enforcement strategy.
Although OSHA promulgates standards for chemical exposures on the basis of workers' relative risk of acquiring chronic disease… 
Review
1979
Review
1979
The physiological consequences of wearing industrial respirators: a review.
The American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) and American Conference of Govermental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH… 
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