The present state and future prospects of occupational health in Bangladesh

Industrial Health

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 116-121

  Laskar, Md Shawkatuzzaman ^a   Harada, Noriaki ^a   Rashid, Harun A ^b  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Bangladesh Medical Research Council   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Developing country; Labour laws; Occupational health; Occupational health activities

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GENERAL PRACTICE; GOVERNMENT; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE;

EID: 0032999010     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.37.116     Document Type: Article

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