Assessment of Occupational Safety and Health Programs in Small Businesses

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 371-379

  Barbeau, Elizabeth ^a   Roelofs, Cora ^a   Youngstrom, Richard ^a   Sorensen, Glorian ^a   Stoddard, Anne ^b   LaMontagne, Anthony D ^c  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assessment methods; Intervention research; Occupational safety and health management systems; Occupational safety and health policy; Occupational safety and health programs; Qualitative quantitative

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PEER REVIEW; REVIEW; TRAINING; WORKPLACE;

COMMERCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAFETY; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 1842680260     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.10336     Document Type: Review

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