Employee and union inputs into occupational health and safety measures in Chinese factories

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1231-1245

  Chen, Meei Shia ^a   Chan, Anita ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

China; Employee inputs; Occupational health and safety; Trade union

Indexed keywords

HEALTH AND SAFETY; MANUFACTURING; TRADE UNION; WORKING CONDITIONS;

ARTICLE; CHINESE; EMPLOYEE; EVALUATION; HUMAN; MARKET; MEASUREMENT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; ORGANIZATION; POLITICAL SYSTEM; STAFF; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRADE UNION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 0842326649     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(03)00315-0     Document Type: Article

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