Evaluating Contact Techniques: Assessing the Impact of a Regulator's Intervention on the Health and Safety Performance of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 235-247

  Rakel, Horst ^a   Gerrard, Simon ^a   Piggott, Graham ^a   Crick, Gordon ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Contact techniques; Evaluation; Mailings; Seminars

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008413051     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-4375(98)00050-4     Document Type: Article

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