Assessing the provision of occupational health services in the construction industry in Hong Kong

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 375-382

  Yu, Tak Sun Ignatius ^a,b   Cheng, F F K ^a   Tse, S L A ^a   Wong, T W ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Construction industry; Hong Kong; Occupational health services

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; BUILDING INDUSTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HONG KONG; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0036809137     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/52.7.375     Document Type: Article

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