Evaluating occupational health and safety programs in the public sector

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 600-606

  Mitchell, Clifford S ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Employee assistance; Health services; Occupational health; Program audit; Program evaluation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EVALUATION AND FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; INFORMATION SYSTEM; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPONSIBILITY; WELLBEING;

HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC SECTOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031794422     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199812)34:6<600::AID-AJIM8>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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