A brief review on construction safety in some south-east asian countries

Architectural Science Review

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 39-49

  Leung, C W ^a   Chow, W K ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Construction safety; Safety; South east asia

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036497362     PISSN: 00038628     EISSN: 17589622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00038628.2002.9696934     Document Type: Article

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