Collaboration between developing and developed countries and between developing countries in occupational health research and surveillance

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 296-300

  Partanen, Timo J ^a   Hogstedt, Christer ^b   Ahasan, Rabiul ^c   Aragón, Aurora ^d   Arroyave, Maria E ^e   Jeyaratnam, Jerry ^f   Kurppa, Kari ^a   Loewenson, René ^g   Lundberg, Ingvar ^h   Ngowi, A Vera F ⁱ   Mbakaya, Charles F L ^j   Stayner, Leslie ^k   Steenland, Kyle ^m   Weiderpass, Elisabete ^h   Wesseling, Catharina ^b,l  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

^c BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

^d National Autonomous University of Nicaragua   (Nicaragua)

^e Seguro Social   (Colombia)

^f NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^g Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions   (Zimbabwe)

^h KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

ⁱ Tropical Pesticide Research Institute   (Tanzania)

^j KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^k NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^l UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

^m NONE

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN; PESTICIDE; SOLVENT;

HEALTH AND SAFETY; HEALTH SURVEY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION;

DATA BASE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ERGONOMICS; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; TRAINING;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 0032767886     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.438     Document Type: Note

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