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A Sociological Analysis of the Reduction of Hazardous Radiation in Uranium Mines.

PB267503

Publication Date	1975
Personal Author	Pearson, J. S.
Page Count	152
Abstract	The report describes the responses of companies, unions and government enforcement agencies to the problem of excessive radiation in mines resulting in respiratory cancer in Colorado, chiefly between the years 1950 and 1969. Topics include history of the problem, problem perspective, model development, model testing through study of the effects of organizational concern on worker health, and historical factors on organizational concern, and searching for causes.
Keywords	Radiation hazards Mine ventilation Uranium Safety Standards Respiratory diseases Radon Malignant neoplasms Legislation National government Mortality Models Mines(Excavations) Colorado Industrial medicine Pulmonary Neoplasms Occupational safety and health
Source Agency	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NTIS Subject Category	44G - Environmental & Occupational Factors 57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine 94D - Job Environment 48A - Mineral Industries
Corporate Authors	Denver Univ., Colo.; National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	197717

A Sociological Analysis of the Reduction of Hazardous Radiation in Uranium Mines.

A Sociological Analysis of the Reduction of Hazardous Radiation in Uranium Mines.
PB267503

Publication Date	1975
Personal Author	Pearson, J. S.
Page Count	152
Abstract	The report describes the responses of companies, unions and government enforcement agencies to the problem of excessive radiation in mines resulting in respiratory cancer in Colorado, chiefly between the years 1950 and 1969. Topics include history of the problem, problem perspective, model development, model testing through study of the effects of organizational concern on worker health, and historical factors on organizational concern, and searching for causes.
Keywords	Radiation hazards Mine ventilation Uranium Safety Standards Respiratory diseases Radon Malignant neoplasms Legislation National government Mortality Models Mines(Excavations) Colorado Industrial medicine Pulmonary Neoplasms Occupational safety and health
Source Agency	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NTIS Subject Category	44G - Environmental & Occupational Factors 57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine 94D - Job Environment 48A - Mineral Industries
Corporate Authors	Denver Univ., Colo.; National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	197717