Occupational health and safety in national development - the case of Australia

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 325-333

  Emmett, Edward A ^a,b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ctr Occup Environ Hlth Plcy P   (United States)

Author keywords

Annual reports of corporations; Best practice; Economics of occupational health and safety; History of occupational health and safety; Paradigm shift; Quality management; Regulatory reform; Risk communication; Tripartite institutions; Workers' compensation

Indexed keywords

HEALTH AND SAFETY; INDUSTRIAL POLICY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH;

AUSTRALIA; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; LAW; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0030726354     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.228     Document Type: Review

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