Experiences from long-term research cooperation between Costa Rican, Nicaraguan, and Swedish institutions

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 130-135

  Hogstedt, Christer ^a   Ahlbom, Anders ^b   Aragon, Aurora ^c   Castillo, Luisa ^d   Kautsky, Nils ^e   Lidén, Carola ^b   Lundberg, Ingvar ^b   Sundin, Peter ^f   Tedengren, Mikael ^e   Thörn, Åke ^g   Wesseling, Catharina ^b,d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c National Autonomous University of Nicaragua   (Nicaragua)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^e STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^g SUNDERBY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

International collaboration; Occupational health and safety; Research training; Sweden; Training models

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COOPERATION; COSTA RICA; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RESEARCH; SWEDEN; TEACHING; UNIVERSITY;

EID: 0035037387     PISSN: 10773525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/oeh.2001.7.2.130     Document Type: Article

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