Worker productivity, and occupational health and safety issues in selected industries

Computers and Industrial Engineering

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 563-572

  Shikdar, Ashraf A ^a   Sawaqed, Naseem M ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Environmental conditions; Ergonomics; Occupational health and safety; Worker productivity

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ERGONOMICS; HEALTH CARE; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; MANAGERS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PERSONNEL; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; WORKER PRODUCTIVITY;

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 0347985276     PISSN: 03608352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-8352(03)00074-3     Document Type: Article

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