Appraisal of risk perception in occupational health and safety research in developing countries

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 319-326

  Hilhorst, Thea J ^a   Kromhout, H ^b  

^a Department of Rural Development Sociology ^*

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Human agency; Methodology; Mining industry; Occupational health; Risk perception; Sociologic variables

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000039416     PISSN: 10773525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/oeh.1996.2.4.319     Document Type: Article

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