Across the water and down the ladder: Occupational health in the global economy

Occupational Medicine - State of the Art Reviews

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 637-663

  Frumkin, Howard ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; STATISTICS; WORKPLACE;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; WORKPLACE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 14344259911     PISSN: 0885114X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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