Case studies of occupational health management in the engineering construction industry

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 263-271

  Gyi, D E ^a   Haslam, R A ^b   Gibb, A G F ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Human Sciences ^*

Author keywords

Construction; Health surveillance; Management; Occupational health

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ARTICLE; BUILDING INDUSTRY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DUST; FEMALE; FUME; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOISE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORKER;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DATA COLLECTION; ENGINEERING; ENGLAND; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; POWER PLANTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0031808228     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/48.4.263     Document Type: Article

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