Costs and benefits of preventing workplace accidents: The case of participatory ergonomics

Safety Science

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 181-196

  Lanoie, Paul ^a   Tavenas, Sophie ^a  

^a HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ERGONOMICS; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SUBJECTIVE TESTING;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

ARTICLE; CANADA; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ERGONOMICS; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0030434814     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-7535(97)81482-8     Document Type: Article

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