An Exploratory Study of Meanings of Risk Control for Long Term and Acute Effect Occupational Health and Safety Risks in Small Business Construction Firms

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 251-261

  Holmes, Noni ^a   Lingard, Helen ^a   Yesilyurt, Zeynep ^a   De Munk, Fred ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Construction; Occupational health and safety; Risk control; Risk perception; Small business

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000564380     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-4375(99)00020-1     Document Type: Article

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